SUICIDAL INTOXICATION WITH SEDATIVE SOPORIFIC DRUGS—AN ANALYSIS OF 6 CASES
- VernacularTitle:镇静催眠药自杀中毒——附六例尸检报告
- Author:
Meiyu SHEN
;
Ziqin ZHAO
;
Xianglin KONG
;
Qiying ZHANG
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Suicidal intoxication;
Sedative-soporific drug
- From:
Chinese Journal of Forensic Medicine
1987;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Six cases of suicidal sedative-soporific drug poisoning is reported.The main clinical features were coma,respiratory depression,hypotension,disappearance of reflexes and peripherel circulatory failure.Thepathological fingdings were as follows:pulmonary congestion and edema;fatty degeneration of the liver;degeneration of the epithalial cells of the proximal convoluted tubules and cerebral edema.The severityof the pathological changes depend upon the duration between the drug administration and the time of deathThe longer the course,the more prominent the changes.The fatality rate related with the dose of drugadministration,the underlying deseases and the complications.
