| Autor: |
Te-I Weng, Lian-Yu Chen, Ju-Yu Chen, Pai-Shan Chen, Hsaio-Lin Hwa, Cheng-Chung Fang |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, Vol 119, Iss 12, Pp 1827-1834 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0929-6646 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jfma.2020.01.005 |
| Popis: |
Background/Purpose: Although illicit substance use-induced toxicity or complication is a frequent cause of visit to the emergency department (ED), there are limited data on cases confirmed by liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. This study aimed to describe clinical presentations of patients who visited the ED because of acute illicit substance-related complications. Methods: We performed a retrospective study between May 2017 and August 2018 on patients presenting to the ED with positive urine illicit substance analysis by LC-MS/MS. Results: Of 203 patients with at least one illicit substance detected in their urine, 162 (79.8%) showed traditional illicit substances, and 56 (32.0%) showed new psychoactive substances (NPS). Methamphetamine was the most common illicit substance (67.9%). The most common NPS was ketamine (21.7%), followed by synthetic cathinones (14.8%). We divided patients into traditional, NPS and combined (both traditional illicit substance and NPS) groups. Polysubstance use was more common in the NPS group than in the traditional group (P |
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