Emergency Physicians' Knowledge of Cannabinoid Designer Drugs
| Autor: | Mark B. Mycyk, Patrick M. Lank, Elizabeth Pines |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Synthetic cannabinoids medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Alternative medicine MEDLINE lcsh:Medicine Toxicology Education Synthetic drugs spice Basic knowledge K2 medicine business.industry lcsh:R Physician knowledge lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid lcsh:RC86-88.9 General Medicine Emergency department Brief Research Report Designer drug Spice Medical Education k2 Family medicine Emergency Medicine Cannabinoid physician knowledge synthetic cannabinoids medical education business toxicology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 14, Iss 5, Pp 467-470 (2013) Western Journal of Emergency Medicine Lank, Patrick McCafferty; Pines, Elizabeth; & Mycyk, Mark B.(2013). Emergency Physicians' Knowledge of Cannabinoid Designer Drugs. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14(5). doi: 10.5811/westjem.2013.1.14496. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9mk2951f |
| ISSN: | 1936-9018 1936-900X |
| DOI: | 10.5811/westjem.2013.1.14496 |
| Popis: | Introduction: The use of synthetic drugs of abuse in the United States has grown in the last few years, with little information available on how much physicians know about these drugs and how they are treating patients using them. The objective of this study was to assess emergency physician (EP) knowledge of synthetic cannabinoids (SC). Methods: A self-administered internet-based survey of resident and attending EPs at a large urban emergency department (ED) was administered to assess familiarity with the terms Spice or K2 and basic knowledge of SC, and to describe some practice patterns when managing SC intoxication in the ED. Results: Of the 83 physicians invited to participate, 73 (88%) completed surveys. The terms “Spice” and “K2” for SC were known to 25/73 (34%) and 36/73 (49%) of respondents. Knowledge of SC came most commonly (72%) from non-medical sources, with lay publications and the internet providing most respondents with information. Among those with previous knowledge of synthetic cannabinoids, 25% were not aware that SC are synthetic drugs, and 17% did not know they are chemically most similar to marijuana. Among all participants, 80% felt unprepared caring for a patient in the ED who had used synthetic cannabinoids. Conclusion: Clinically active EPs are unfamiliar with synthetic cannabinoids. Even those who stated they had heard of synthetic cannabinoids answered poorly on basic knowledge questions. More education is needed among EPs of all ages and levels of training on synthetic cannabinoids. [West J Emerg Med. 2013;14(5):467–470.] |
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