TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Postmortem Toxicology A1 - Rao, Rama B. A1 - Flomenbaum, Mark A. A2 - Nelson, Lewis S. A2 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Lewin, Neal A. A2 - Smith, Silas W. A2 - Goldfrank, Lewis R. A2 - Hoffman, Robert S. PY - 2019 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e AB - A newly hired train conductor sustains irreversible brain injury due to a large subdural hematoma from a train crash. Surgical intervention is deemed futile. After 4 days in the hospital, he is declared dead by neurologic criteria (ie, “brain dead”) and removed from life support. An autopsy confirms the brain injury. Postmortem toxicologic samples are obtained from the femoral vein and reveal oxycodone and oxycodone metabolites. As a toxicologist, you are asked to interpret the findings. How do you proceed? SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163005988 ER -