Forensic investigation on a combined death by food aspiration and acute escitalopram intoxication occurred to a psychiatric subject in a nursing home.

Food aspiration is one of the major health risks for elderly people in nursing homes which could lead to death. Moreover, misconducts in pharmacotherapy may represent a potential risk of adverse drug reactions. It is reported here the toxicological evaluation of a combined death by food aspiration and acute escitalopram intoxication of a psychiatric subject, occurred in a nursing home.

Development and validation of a LC-MS/MS method for analysis of vortioxetine in postmortem specimens. First data from an authentic case.

Vortioxetine is an antidepressant recently licensed in USA and EU for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Neither fatal case due to overdose nor data about postmortem concentrations on blood or other specimens have been reported. The aims of this study were the development and validation of a method for vortioxetine analysis by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in postmortem samples and its application in an authentic case.

Conservatively replacing missing anterior teeth with resin bonded ceramic restorations.

Objective: This article describes improvements in materials and adhesion technologies that have facilitated new, minimally invasive treatment for the replacement of missing anterior teeth.

Clinical Considerations: In the first of two case reports presented, the treatment of a 13-year-old female patient with a missing right lateral mandibular incisor is described. The patient was told she could not have an implant placed until she was 25 years of age and space post orthodontics was inadequate for implant placement.

Income-related inequality in smoking habits: A comparative assessment in the European Union.

This paper investigates the association between income and the habit of smoking in 30 European countries. Using the European Health Interview Survey carried out between 2013 and 2015, the analysis focuses on the relationship among net monthly equivalised income of the household, the type of smoking behaviour, and the daily average number of cigarettes smoked. Income-related inequalities are estimated using the Erreygers Index.