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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
A prospective study of 161 victims of falls from height is reported. The aim was to determine the interest of systematic qualitative and quantitative toxicological analysis in such fatalities. The primary cause of death was suicide (84.5%), followed by accidents (7%) and homicide (1%). In the remaining 7.5%, cause of death was undetermined. In the suicides, there was evidence of psychotropic medicines in 57% of the observations, with a much higher proportion of benzodiazepines and antidepressants in women than in men. Quantitative toxicologic analysis showed overdosing on medication in 16 suicide victims, with toxic levels in 11 of these. Systematic qualitative and quantitative toxicologic analysis made a significant contribution to the diagnosis of suicide by revealing either an unknown psychiatric treatment or a toxic level.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0195-7910
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Accidental Falls, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Cannabis, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Cause of Death, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Central Nervous System Depressants, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Forensic Toxicology, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-France, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Homicide, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Overdose, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Pharmaceutical Preparations, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Psychotropic Drugs, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Substance Abuse Detection, pubmed-meshheading:17721181-Suicide
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Toxicologic aspects of deaths due to falls from height.
pubmed:affiliation
Université de Lyon, and the Hospices Civils de Lyon, Département de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France. laurent.fanton@adm.univ-lyon1.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article