Urine Screening for Abused Drugs in New Admissions to a VA Hospital
| Autor: | W. S. Metzer, E. P. Fody, D. J. Cannon, Donald E. McMillan, Joseph E. O. Newton, Stephen R. Paige, B. N. Summers |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Urine screening Hospitals Veterans Illicit Drugs Substance-Related Disorders business.industry Alcohol and drug Medicine (miscellaneous) Psychiatric Department Hospital Urine Middle Aged Controlled drugs Biological fluid Substance Abuse Detection Psychiatry and Mental health Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Intensive care medicine business Aged Veterans |
| Zdroj: | Addiction. 84:1499-1506 |
| ISSN: | 1360-0443 0965-2140 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb03932.x |
| Popis: | Summary The urine samples from two groups of Veteran's Administration patients newly admitted to general psychiatry units were screened in 1985 and in 1987–88 for abused drugs. The results were compared Kith urine samples from controls with similar age distributions admitted to an alcohol and drug abuse unit or to medical-surgical units. About 40% of all newly admitted patients were positive for one or more controlled drugs, but there were no significant differences among patient groups in the percentage of urine samples positive for these drugs. Marijuana and benzodiazepines were delected frequently in all patient groups and often in combination, although opiates also were frequently detected in the urine samples from the medical-surgical patients. There was a clear decrease in drug-positive samples with age in all patient groups, much of which could be accounted for by decreased marijuana detection. |
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