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List of works by Francesco Paolo Busardò

A 2017-2019 Update on Acute Intoxications and Fatalities from Illicit Fentanyl and Analogues

scientific article published on 29 August 2020

A Retrospective Study on Advanced Maternal Age and Assisted Reproductive Techniques, Medico-Legal Advice, "Food for Thought".

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

A Study on the Reliability of an On-Site Oral Fluid Drug Test in a Recreational Context.

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A Very Unusual Accidental Mechanical Asphyxia of Choking with a Whole Solea Solea

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A fatal accidental subarachnoid injection of lidocaine and levobupivacaine during a lumbar paravertebral block

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A fatal case of post-transfusion sepsis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica after delivery.

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A fatal chemsex case involving γ-butyrolactone and 4-methylethcathinone

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

A novel screening method for 64 new psychoactive substances and 5 amphetamines in blood by LC-MS/MS and application to real cases

scientific article published on 07 July 2016

A singular case of survival after acute methanol poisoning: toxicological and neuroimaging findings.

scientific article published in December 2014

Acute Intoxications And Fatalities From Illicit Fentanyl And Analogues: An Update

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

Acute intoxication caused by synthetic cannabinoids 5F-ADB and MMB-2201: A case series

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Advance health care directives and "public guardian": the Italian supreme court requests the status of current and not future inability.

scientific article published on 5 March 2014

Amniotic fluid embolism pathophysiology suggests the new diagnostic armamentarium: β-tryptase and complement fractions C3-C4 are the indispensable working tools

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Amniotic fluid embolism: what level of scientific evidence can be drawn? A systematic review.

scientific article published on January 2014

Anabolic Androgenic Steroid (AAS) related deaths: autoptic, histopathological and toxicological findings.

scientific article published on January 2015

Analytical strategies to disclose chronic consumption of new psychoactive substances by hair analysis

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Assessment of the stability of mephedrone in ante-mortem and post-mortem blood specimens

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Biomedical analysis of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) of natural origin

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Can post-mortem computed tomography be considered an alternative for autopsy in deaths due to hemopericardium?

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Cardiovascular Outcomes in Advanced Maternal Age Delivering Women. Clinical Review and Medico-Legal Issues

scientific article published on 29 September 2019

Chemsex intoxication involving sildenafil as an adulterant of GHB.

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Comment on "Direct Monitoring of Exogenous γ-Hydroxybutyric Acid in Body Fluids by NMR Spectroscopy": Several Issues to Consider When Quantifying γ-Hydroxybutyric Acid in Biological Matrixes

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Considerations regarding the development and validation of chromatographic mass spectrometric methods for GHB analysis in forensic toxicology

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Correlation between blood and oral fluid psychoactive drug concentrations and cognitive impairment in Driving Under the Influence of Drugs.

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Corrigendum to "Fatal inhalation of nitrogen inside a closed environment: toxicological issues about the cause of death" [Forensic Sci. Int. 302C (2019) 109871]

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Cross-reactivity of selected benzofurans with commercial amphetamine and ecstasy immunoassays in urine

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Determination of GHB in human hair by HPLC-MS/MS: Development and validation of a method and application to a study group and three possible single exposure cases

scientific article published on 19 June 2014

Determination of GHB levels in breast milk and correlation with blood concentrations

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

Determination of cannabinoids in oral fluid and urine of "light cannabis" consumers: a pilot study

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Development and Validation of a GC-MS Method for the Detection and Quantification of Clotiapine in Blood and Urine Specimens and Application to a Postmortem Case

scientific article published on 7 July 2015

Development and validation of a method using ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry for determination of zoledronic acid concentration in human bone

Development and validation of a method using ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry for determination of zoledronic acid concentration in human bone

Development and validation of fast UHPLC-MS/MS screening method for 87 NPS and 32 other drugs of abuse in hair and nails: application to real cases

scientific article published on 15 February 2020

Disposition of cannabinoids and their metabolites in serum, oral fluid, sweat patch and urine from healthy individuals treated with pharmaceutical preparations of medical cannabis

scientific article published on 06 November 2020

Does defensive medicine change the behaviors of vascular surgeons? A qualitative review

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Driving Under the Influence of Drugs: Looking for Reasonable Blood Cutoffs and Realistic Analytical Values

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Editorial: Advances and Future Developments in Forensic Toxicology: From Standard Practices to New Psychoactive Substances

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Editorial: Analytical Advances in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology

scientific article published in January 2017

Editorial: The Challenge Posed by New Synthetic Opioids: Pharmacology and Toxicology

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Enhancing the sensitivity of the LC-MS/MS detection of propofol in urine and blood by azo-coupling derivatization

scientific article published on 12 January 2014

Epidemiological and clinical data of amniotic fluid embolism in forensic settings.

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Errors and malpractice lawsuits in radiology: what the radiologist needs to know

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Evaluation of cannabinoids concentration and stability in standardized preparations of cannabis tea and cannabis oil by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Evaluation of long-term stability of cannabinoids in standardized preparations of cannabis flowering tops and cannabis oil by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Evolution of Italian laws banning trafficking, use and abuse of psychotropic drugs

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Fatal inhalation of nitrogen inside a closed environment: Toxicological issues about the cause of death

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Fatal left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy involving a 25-year old professional football player: could it have been prevented?

scientific article published on 14 April 2014

GHB concentration in breast milk of narcoleptic women treated with sodium oxybate. How important it is to be careful when interpreting values

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

GHB in Biological Specimens: Which Cut-off Levels Should be Taken into Consideration in Forensic Toxicological Investigation?

scientific article published on January 2014

GHB side effects: The need to clearly document drug dose and administration history.

scientific article published on 10 March 2018

Global Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Italy

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Hair testing of GHB: an everlasting issue in forensic toxicology.

scientific article published in August 2017

Iatrogenic left common iliac artery and vein perforation during lumbar discectomy: a fatal case

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Intensive and pharmacological care in times of COVID-19: A "special ethics" for emergency?

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Interpreting GHB concentrations in hair: can a cut-off be established?

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Interpreting γ-hydroxybutyrate concentrations for clinical and forensic purposes

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

Intoxication caused by new psychostimulants: analytical methods to disclose acute and chronic use of benzofurans and ethylphenidate.

scientific article published on 15 July 2017

Is etizolam a safe medication? Effects on psychomotor perfomance at therapeutic dosages of a newly abused psychoactive substance

scientific article published on 18 May 2019

Is the diagnosis of anaphylaxis reliable in forensics? The role of β-tryptase and its correct interpretation

scientific article published on 15 October 2016

Levamisole adulterated cocaine and pulmonary vasculitis: Presentation of two lethal cases and brief literature review.

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Lipid peroxidation and apoptotic response in rat brain areas induced by long-term administration of nandrolone: the mutual crosstalk between ROS and NF-kB

scientific article published on February 2016

Mass spectrometry vs. immunoassay in clinical and forensic toxicology: qui modus in rebus est?

scientific article published on 01 August 2017

Maternal hair testing to disclose self-misreporting in drinking and smoking behavior during pregnancy

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Medicinal Cannabis and Synthetic Cannabinoid Use

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Metabolic Pathways and Potencies of New Fentanyl Analogs

Method development in Forensic Toxicology

scientific article published on 22 June 2017

Monitoring Perinatal Exposure to Cannabis and Synthetic Cannabinoids

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Nails Analysis for Drugs Used in the Context of Chemsex: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Nails in Forensic Toxicology: an Update

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Neurotoxicity Induced by Mephedrone: An up-to-date Review

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Non-allowed Pharmacologically Active Substances in Physical and Sexual Performance Enhancing Products

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

Not only a clinical nightmare: amniotic fluid embolism in court

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Obstetric brachial plexus palsy: a population-based retrospective case-control study and medicolegal considerations

scientific article published on 14 May 2017

Post mortem concentrations of endogenous gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and in vitro formation in stored blood and urine samples

scientific article published on 25 July 2014

Post-Mortem Toxicology: A Systematic Review of Death Cases Involving Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

Postmortem-computed tomography and postmortem-computed tomography-angiography: a focused update

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Purity and adulterant analysis of some recent drug seizures in Italy.

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Screening methods for rapid determination of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in conventional and non-conventional biological matrices

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

Segmental Hair Testing of Triazolam to Unmask a Suspected Case of Idiopathic Recurrent Stupor

Sensitive and reliable gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry assay for ethyl glucuronide in neonatal meconium

scientific article published on 06 July 2019

Smart drugs and synthetic androgens for cognitive and physical enhancement: revolving doors of cosmetic neurology

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Stability Of Drugs Of Abuse In Urine Samples At Room Temperature By Use Of A Salt Mixture

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Stability of endogenous GHB in vitreous humor vs peripheral blood in dead bodies

scientific article published on 26 December 2016

Surrogate motherhood: Where Italy is now and where Europe is going. Can the genetic mother be considered the legal mother?

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

THC and CBD concentrations in blood, oral fluid and urine following a single and repeated administration of "light cannabis"

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

The European Court legitimates access of Italian couples to assisted reproductive techniques and to pre-implantation genetic diagnosis

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

The everlasting issue of GHB cut-offs in biological samples: How important it is to be careful when interpreting values

scientific article published in March 2017

The evolution of legislation in the field of Medically Assisted Reproduction and embryo stem cell research in European union members

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The impact of nandrolone decanoate on the central nervous system

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The importance of biomarkers of fetal exposure to alcohol and psychotropic drugs in early diagnosis: A case report

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

The importance of hair testing in GHB facilitated sexual assault cases

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

The pathogenetic role of adulterants in 5 cases of drug addicts with a fatal outcome

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Assay for Determination of Endogenous GHB and GHB-Glucuronide in Nails

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Assay for Quantifying Fentanyl and 22 Analogs and Metabolites in Whole Blood, Urine, and Hair

Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) for determination of GHB, precursors and metabolites in different specimens: Application to clinical and forensic cases

scientific article published on 9 January 2017

Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry determination of GHB, GHB-glucuronide in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of narcoleptic patients under sodium oxybate treatment.

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Unreliable estimation of prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome

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Use of Methylphenidate Analogues as Cognitive Enhancers: The Prelude to Cosmetic Neurology and an Ethical Issue

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

When "Chems" Meet Sex: A Rising Phenomenon Called "ChemSex".

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

When a death apparently associated to sexual assault is instead a natural death due to idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome: The importance of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid analysis in vitreous humor

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Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol Time Courses in the Sera of "Light Cannabis" Smokers: Discriminating Light Cannabis Use from Illegal and Medical Cannabis Use

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

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