Could chest wall rigidity be a factor in rapid death from illicit fentanyl abuse?

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 420-423

  Burns, Glenn ^a   Derienz, Rebecca T ^b   Baker, Daniel D ^b   Casavant, Marcel ^a   Spiller, Henry A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of the Franklin County Coroner   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall rigidity; fentanyl; heroin; norfentanyl; opioids; overdose

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; ILLICIT DRUG; NORFENTANYL; SUFENTANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST WALL RIGIDITY; DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY ARREST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THORAX WALL; THORAX WALL DEFECT; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; CUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG OVERDOSE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THORACIC WALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961391959     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2016.1157722     Document Type: Article

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