Proceedings of the PSK Conference (대한약학회:학술대회논문집)

The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea (대한약학회)
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Acute cocaine poisoning in a body packer

  • Park, Mee-Jung (National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Choi, Sang-Kil (National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Son, Haeng-Ja (National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Sin (National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Kim, Eun-Mi (National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Lim, Mi-Ae (National Institute of Scientific Investigation) ;
  • Chung, Hee-Sun (National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
  • Published : 2003.10.01
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Abstract

A 35-year-old Perubian who suffered from grand mal seizures died in aircraft on his way from United States to Hongkong. When he boarded the aircraft, he was normal but later he suffered from hyperthermia, dizziness, abdominal pain, agitation and convulsion in the flight before dead. While performing the autopsy, 115 cocaine packs were found in the GI tract. To determine the concentration of cocaine and its metabolites, blood, urine, bile juice, gastric content, liver, spleen, heart, kidney, cellebrum and lung were taken and analyzed. (omitted)

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