DEATH DUE TO AN OPIATE OVERDOSE THROUGH BILATERAL FEMORAL VEIN SINUSES: A CASE REPORT WITH A MULTI-PARAMETER EVALUATION | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology | ||
| Article 8, Volume 18, Issue 1, May 2018, Pages 109-117 PDF (902.78 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejfsat.2018.28809 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Although both arterial and venous injection for drug abuse is not uncommon, yet it is rare to meet a case using a chronic patent venous sinus for prolonged injection. Repeated injection in the same place for long period of time initiated a sinus bilaterally in a chronic drug abuser and the abuser continued injection in these two sinuses using syringes without needles. Opioid overdose is the single leading cause of death among injection drug users (IDUs) in the United States and in many developed countries. Opioid overdose accounts for more than half the deaths of heroin IDUs. We are reporting a case of chronic drug abuser who persisted using syringes without needles for taking his frequent drug doses for long periods and lastly found collapsed from opioid over- dosage. For our best knowledge, it is a rare case and there are no other similar cases recorded. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Injection; Drug abusers; femoral sinus; opioid overdose | ||
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