title: Fatality due to fentanyl-cocaine intoxication resulting in a fall.
abstract: This is the first report of fatal intoxication by fentanyl and cocaine outside the USA. The case involved a fall caused by toxic psychosis. The circumstantial, clinical, anatomical, histopathological and toxicological frame-work is interpreted.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Behavioural and Forensic Toxicology, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Snenghi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003042:Cocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000032:analysis; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009294:Narcotics / Q000032:analysis; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D000431:Ethanol; C005618:benzoylecgonine; D003042:Cocaine; D005283:Fentanyl