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Acute heroin intoxication in a baby chronically exposed to cocaine and heroin: a case report Joya, Xavier Fríguls, Bibiana Simó, Marta Civit, Ester Torre Fornell, Rafael de la Palomeque, Antonio Vall Combelles, Oriol Pichini, Simona García Algar, Oscar Drogoaddicció -- Aspectes fisiològics Heroïnomania Infants nadons -- Malalties INTRODUCTION: Acute intoxication with drugs of abuse in children is often only the tip of the iceberg, actually hiding chronic exposure. Analysis using non-conventional matrices such as hair can provide long-term information about exposure to recreational drugs. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a one-month-old Caucasian boy admitted to our pediatric emergency unit with respiratory distress and neurological abnormalities. A routine urine test was positive for opiates, suggesting an acute opiate ingestion. No other drugs of misuse, such as cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines or derivatives, were detected in the baby's urine. Subsequently, hair samples from the baby and the parents were collected to evaluate the possibility of chronic exposure to drug misuse by segmental analysis. Opiates and cocaine metabolites were detected in hair samples from the baby boy and his parents. CONCLUSIONS: In light of these and previous results, we recommend hair analysis in babies and children from risky environments to detect exposure to heroin and other drug misuse, which could provide the basis for specific social and health interventions. 2015-12-21T13:51:10Z 2015-12-21T13:51:10Z 2011 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Journal of medical case reports. 2011; 5: 288 © Joya X, Fríguls B, Simó M, Civit E, de la Torre R, Palomeque A et al. Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess BioMed Central