At the time of the incident, I remember an anesthesiologist offering wooden chest syndrome as a possible cause of death.
Interesting to me as I’ve never heard that named event.
This phenomenon of fentanyl-induced respiratory muscle rigidity (FIRMR) and laryngospasm is clinically known as wooden chest syndrome (WCS), which occurs within 1 to 2 minutes after injection and lasts ∼8–15 minutes (Grell et al., 1970; Scamman, 1983; Streisand et al., 1993).
Noradrenergic Mechanisms in Fentanyl-Mediated Rapid Death ...
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