@article{ref1,
title="Carfentanil related death first encountered in Hong Kong: Two case reports",
journal="Forensic science international: reports",
year="2021",
author="Chan, W.-s. and Wong, G.F. and Lee, W.-m.",
volume="3",
number="",
pages="-",
abstract="Carfentanil is a highly potent fentanyl analogue as well as a new psychoactive substance (NPS) which aroused concerns and research efforts in recent years. In this paper, 2 cases involving carfentanil and the quantitative assay using LC-MS/MS is described. Deceased 1 was a 52-year-old male with carfentanil detected in the peripheral blood at a level of 0.5 ng/mL. Carfentanil was also detected in the gastric content. Deceased 2 was a 25-year-old male with carfentanil detected in iliac blood at a level of 0.9 ng/mL. Without information revealing the potential involvement of carfentanil, screening of gastric content provided crucial information in these cases. Since the carfentanil concentration was very low in the blood, a sensitive LC-MS/MS method for determination of carfentanil in blood is also described. © 2021 The Authors<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2665-9107",
doi="10.1016/j.fsir.2021.100181",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2021.100181"
}