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Date Published: 09/10/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v518i2.3440
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Vol. 518 No. 2 (2022)
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Thị Thu Thảo, L., Thuỳ Dương, Đậu ., Văn Hiếu, P. ., & Viết Doanh, N. . (2022). CHARACTERISTICS OF OPIOID-RELATED DEATHS AUTOPSIED AT FORENSIC MEDICINE CENTER OF HO CHI MINH CITY FROM 2018 TO 2020. Vietnam Medical Journal, 518(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v518i2.3440

CHARACTERISTICS OF OPIOID-RELATED DEATHS AUTOPSIED AT FORENSIC MEDICINE CENTER OF HO CHI MINH CITY FROM 2018 TO 2020

Lê Thị Thu Thảo1,, Đậu Thuỳ Dương2, Phan Văn Hiếu1, Nguyễn Viết Doanh1
1 Forensic Center Ho Chi Minh City
2 Hanoi Medical University

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Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of opioid-related deaths that were autopsied at the Forensic Center of Ho Chi Minh City. Materials and methods: A retrospective study from 2018 to 2020 on 170 subjects concluded poisoning or using morphine. Results: Men are still the main opioid users, mean age 36.3 + 8.6 years, the main histopathology in opioid-related deaths is acute pulmonary edema. The use of opioids with other stimulants accounted for 47.6%, of which ethanol accounted for the majority, 68.2% of cases recorded blood concentrations of morphine exceeding the toxic threshold. Conclusion: The study showed a trend towards younger opioid-related deaths, and ethanol was the most commonly found co-administration.

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ethanol, opioid, autopsy, forensics, Ho Chi Minh City

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