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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Published on: November 9, 2016
[Emergencies in patients attender in a drug abuse treatment center]
Enric Pedrol1, María Teresa Alvarez, Elisabet Deig
1Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas-VIH. Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital General de Granollers. Barcelona. Spain. minterna@fhagranollers.com
Background And Objective:
To find out the type of emergency consultations made by users at a substance abuse treatment center (SATC).
Patients And Method:
Prospective study of emergency consultations made during six months by patients controlled at a SATC.
Results:
333 patients were followed up; 27 (8%) of them consulted and 9 (33%) were found to have an HIV infection. Heroin addicts consulted more times and repeated visits more commonly than cocaine addicts (p < 0.04 and 0.03). Patients enrolled in the methadone maintenance programme consulted less commonly than patients included in other programmes (p < 0.01). 35% of visited patients did not need treatment and 75% were discharged.
Conclusions:
We have detected two different types of consultations: those owing to a psychiatric/drug disorder in patients followed-up for less than 1 year, which are resolved after just one visit, without need of hospitalization; and those consultations caused by medical disorders, frequently related to HIV, which are generated by patients submitted to longer follow-up periods; these patients use to repeat the consultations and are commonly admitted.
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