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12935561

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
A 57-year-old man was found dead lying down in a bamboo thicket. Moderate to severe petechiae were present on his conjunctivae, buccal mucosa, and laryngeal mucosa at autopsy. Cardiac chambers contained a normal volume of fluid blood. Moderate atherosclerosis and fatty liver were observed. No remarkable changes, other than congestion in other organs, were observed. Gas chromatographic screening of the stomach contents, blood and urine was positive for triazolam and alpha-hydroxytriazolam that were confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Blood concentrations of triazolam and free alpha-hydroxytriazolam were 62-251 and 10-66 ng/ml, respectively. A substantial amount of triazolam was detected in bile (1130 ng/ml), but not in urine. Free and total alpha-hydroxytriazolam concentrations were 3920 and 7050 ng/ml, respectively, in the bile and 3710 and 9670 ng/ml, respectively, in urine. Organs contained 216-583 ng/g triazolam. The concentration of free alpha-hydroxytriazolam in the kidney (246 ng/g) was higher than in any other organ. Free alpha-hydroxytriazolam was not detected in the liver. The concentrations of total alpha-hydroxytriazolam in the liver and kidney were 784 and 381 ng/g, respectively. Free to total ratios of alpha-hydroxytriazolam were 0.14-0.56 in fluid samples and 0.56-0.92 in tissue samples, except for the liver. A large quantity of triazolam (8.4 mg) remained in the stomach. The victim probably died of postural asphyxia caused by triazolam poisoning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1344-6223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S91-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
A case of fatal triazolam overdose.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Legal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku City, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. moriyaf@kochi-ms.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports