Examination of acetone findings in suspected drug-facilitated sexual assaults: A case series.
acetone
blood
drug-facilitated sexual assault
human performance
toxicology
urine
Journal
Journal of forensic sciences
ISSN: 1556-4029
Titre abrégé: J Forensic Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0375370
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
revised:
25
05
2023
received:
02
05
2023
accepted:
31
05
2023
medline:
4
7
2023
pubmed:
7
6
2023
entrez:
7
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Acetone presence in human biological specimens can result from exogenous administration or endogenous production, resulting from diabetes, dietary composition, alcoholism, and stress response. Victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults (DFSA) are understood to experience enhanced stress. At the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences (HCIFS), DFSA drug testing includes analysis of volatile compounds, ethanol, methanol, isopropanol, and acetone, by headspace gas chromatography/flame ionization detection. The prevalence of acetone-positive specimens in DFSA casework has been observed to exceed that of other human performance case types. In this report, DFSA cases received between 2019 and 2021 (n = 393) were reviewed and 41 acetone-positive cases were detailed. Overall, nearly 11% of the DFSA cases had acetone-positive blood or urine specimens, where 3% identified acetone only, 6% identified acetone and other drug(s), and 2% identified acetone, ethanol, and other drug(s). Acetone concentrations ranged from 0.010 to 0.147 g/100 mL in urine. Other drugs such as nor-carboxy-Δ
Identifiants
pubmed: 37282845
doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15308
doi:
Substances chimiques
Pharmaceutical Preparations
0
Acetone
1364PS73AF
Ethanol
3K9958V90M
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1431-1435Informations de copyright
© 2023 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
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