Drospirenone detected in postmortem blood of a young woman with pulmonary thromboembolism: A case report and review of the literature. Issue 2 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Idota, Nozomi; Kobayashi, Masaki; Miyamori, Daisuke; Kakiuchi, Yasuhiro; Ikegaya, Hiroshi
• Is Part Of: Legal medicine. Volume 17:Issue 2(2015:Mar.)
• Page Start: 109
• Page End: 115
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Medical jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine légale -- Périodiques; Medical jurisprudence; Periodicals; 614.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.10.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1344-6223

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st070">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="o0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0140">A young woman with fatal pulmonary thromboembolism was believed to be taking YAZ.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0145">Drospirenone contained in YAZ was not detected through UPLC–MS screening.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0150">Drospirenone was detected through performing subsequent SIR mode assay analysis.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0155">The risk of venous thromboembolism from YAZ is not lower than conventional drugs.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0160">It is important for forensic scientists to confirm prescribed drugs in autopsies.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>