Although sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most important modes of death in
Western countries, pathologists and public health physicians have not given this problem …

Japan has various death investigation systems; however, external examinations,
postmortem computed tomography, macroscopic examinations, and microscopic …

For drug screening and pharmaco-/toxicokinetic analysis, bile as a major drug excretion
route in addition to urine may be used in forensic autopsy cases; however, there are limited …

Dried blood spot (DBS) sampling has evolved to become the method of choice for collecting
samples for newborn screening and therapeutic drug monitoring worldwide. The major …

Background. Globally, illicit drugs are responsible for many fatalities annually, yet accurate
data on the nature and extent of these deaths in South Africa (SA) are lacking. Objectives. To …

Instrumental identification of drugs with quantification is essential in forensic toxicology,
while on-site immunoassay urinalysis drug-screening devices conveniently provide …

Based on the screening results of mass analyses using gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry (GC–MS) and liquid chromatograph-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) …

Ethanol and medical psychotropics (MPs) are legal psychoactive substances widely
consumed in Western countries that are routinely detected in standard toxicological …

Motion sickness medications such as Travelmin® prescribed in Japan include
diphenhydramine (DPH), dyphylline, diphenidol, and/or caffeine. Herein, we report a patient …

Aim Information about the causative drugs is essential for appropriate treatment for drug
overdose, but patients sometimes cannot provide information about overdosed drugs owing …