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| Title |
Sudden unexpected death under acute influence of cannabis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Forensic Science International, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.02.001 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Benno Hartung, Silke Kauferstein, Stefanie Ritz-Timme, Thomas Daldrup |
| Abstract |
The acute toxicity of cannabinoids is said to be low and there is little public awareness of the potentially hazardous cardiovascular effects of cannabis, e.g. marked increase in heart rate or supine blood pressure. We describe the cases of two young, putative healthy men who died unexpectedly under the acute influence of cannabinoids. To our knowledge, these are the first cases of suspected fatal cannabis intoxications where full postmortem investigations, including autopsy, toxicological, histological, immunohistochemical and genetical examinations, were carried out. The results of these examinations are presented. After exclusion of other causes of death we assume that the young men experienced fatal cardiovascular complications evoked by smoking cannabis. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 78 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 19% |
| Canada | 6 | 8% |
| Germany | 4 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 2 | 3% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 35 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 63 | 81% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 9% |
| Scientists | 7 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 134 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 132 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 25 | 19% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
| Other | 22 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 19% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 14% |
| Psychology | 12 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 28 | 21% |
| Unknown | 31 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 210. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 April 2024.
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#189,887
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#15
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#1,719
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#2
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