Beatrice Defraia Author
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Fatal intoxication , Central nervous system
Forensic Medicine Section, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Italy
I am Beatrice Defraia, belonging to Forensic Medicine Section, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Italy, interested in the field of Fatal intoxication.
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Author(s): Elisabetta Bertol, Martina Focardi, Beatrice Defraia, Federica De Luca, Fabio Vaiano and Francesco Mari
An Unusual Homicide Involving Strangulation after Transdermal Fentanyl and Buprenorphine Intoxication
Fentanyl and buprenorphine are powerful opioids used for the induction of anesthesia as well as for severe pain management.Transdermal fentanyl and buprenorphine patches are widely used for outpatient management of chronic pain. However several cases of deaths connected with their administration have been described in literature. We present an unusual and exceptional homicidal death attributed to a combination system of acute transdermal opioids poisoning and strangulation. The concentration of the drugs and their metabolites in femoral blood and urine were capable of cau... view moreĀ»