Publications by authors named "Sachiko Kawahara"
Article Synopsis
- A woman in her thirties was found dead, and an autopsy showed no signs of injury or natural disease, prompting a toxicological investigation.
- Toxicology tests revealed high levels of fluvoxamine, levomepromazine, and trihexyphenidyl, with fluvoxamine's toxicity likely enhanced by levomepromazine, which inhibits its metabolism.
- The combination of these drugs could increase the risk of seizures and other serious symptoms, leading to the conclusion that her death was caused by dangerous interactions between multiple medications.
Purpose: We have investigated the absorption dynamics of petroleum fuel components from the analytical results of autopsy samples.
Methods: Post-mortem samples of the severely burned case, including femoral blood, intratracheal contents (mucus) and intratracheal gas-phase samples were collected, and analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometer with head-space solid-phase microextraction.
Results: The composition of flammable substances in the tracheal gas phase differed slightly from that in mucus.
A man in his forties was found dead in his friend's home, with moderate putrefaction. Quantitative toxicological analysis showed that concentrations of caffeine, chlorpheniramine, dihydrocodeine, and methylephedrine were 183.3 µg/mL, 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case of fatal poisoning involving multiple psychotropic drugs is presented. Quantitative toxicological analysis showed femoral blood concentrations of pentobarbital, phenobarbital, duloxetine, acetaminophen and tramadol were 10.39, 22.
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