title: [Opiate poisoning (an analysis of section material)].
abstract: Section specimens from subjects dead from narcotic poisoning in 1998-1999 are analyzed. The results indicate that narcotic poisonings were primarily due to opiates or their combinations with other drugs (primarily ethanol). The ratio of male to female mortality was 3:1. Death after narcotic poisoning occurs at home in the majority of cases. The concentration of morphine/heroin in the blood and urine of victims varied within a very wide range. Acute renal failure, myoglobulinuremic nephrosis, and compression syndrome are not typical of acute narcotic poisoning. Use of immunotest for urinary morphine-heroin deserves further investigation.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Solokhin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kanibolotskiĭ
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Chernolikhova
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Lapteva
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Potemkin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009294:Narcotics / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000652:urine; D011041:Poisoning / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics
vernacular_title: Otravlenie opiatami (analiz sektsionnogo materiala).