Typical Features of Opioid-Intoxicated Corpses in Isfahan, Iran
| Author | Nastaran Eizadi-Mood | en |
| Author | Leila Sharifi | en |
| Author | Ahmad Yaraghi | en |
| Author | Azadeh Moghaddas | en |
| Author | Ali Soleimanpour | en |
| Author | Ali Mohammad Sabzghabaee | en |
| Orcid | Azadeh Moghaddas [0000-0003-0412-6172] | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-03-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Opioid use makes the largest contribution to drug abuse mortality, while it is increasing in the world, especially in Iran. Objectives: The current study aimed at obtain the typical features of corpses under methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and opium intoxication in Isfahan, Iran. Patients and Methods: The current cross sectional study was conducted on 742 opioid overdose deaths from March 2008 to March 2014; data on drug overdose death in forensic center affiliated to Iranian ministry of health and medical education were recorded by checklist. Results: Most of the opioid corpses were young (32.18 ± 10 years), male (76.4%), and single (58.2%). They had low income, low education and were found at home; injection was the most common way of drug abuse (47.2%). In toxicological findings, morphine was the most common drug and more than 40.7% of the corpses had the symptoms of chronic hepatitis. Pulmonary edema was the most common pathological finding. Conclusions: According to the current study findings, the low-educated and low-income young males were the most high-risk population for drug overdose death in Iran. The essential role of education and job-creation policies to prevent addiction and opium-related death was clarified. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.67596 | en |
| Keyword | Addiction | en |
| Keyword | Opioids | en |
| Keyword | Mortality | en |
| Keyword | Overdose Drug | en |
| Keyword | Autopsy | en |
| Keyword | Methadone | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Typical Features of Opioid-Intoxicated Corpses in Isfahan, Iran | en |
| Type | Brief Report | en |
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