title: [Forensic-medical diagnostic implication of morphine levels in the blood and urine].
abstract: Toxicological characteristics are presented for 198 cases of acute parenteral poisoning with morphine and heroin. The range of their metabolites concentration in the blood and urine encountered in practice are analysed. Principal causes of death due to opiate poisoning in inpatients are shown. Opiates toxicity was assessed by the method of logit-regression and dose-effect curves for analysis of probability of death depending on opiate metabolite concentration in blood and urine. Relations between probability of death and detection of morphine in biological media of the victims are considered. Morphine concentrations in the blood and urine undoubtedly indicating morphine poisoning are determined.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Shigeev
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Zharov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000506:poisoning*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000652:urine; D011041:Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000652:urine; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000401:mortality*
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D009020:Morphine