作者: Fridtjof Heyerdahl , Knut Erik Hovda , Isabelle Giraudon , Christopher Yates , Alison M. Dines
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2014.976792
关键词: Drug 、 Recreational Drug 、 Data collection 、 Medical emergency 、 Emergency department 、 Drugs of abuse 、 Addiction 、 Street drugs 、 Medicine 、 Drug toxicity
摘要: AbstractBackground. The number of new (novel) psychoactive substances (NPS) available in the illegal market is increasing; however, current monitoring drug situation Europe focuses mainly on classical drugs abuse, with limited emphasis clinical presentation emergency department (ED). European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN) a Commission-funded project that aims to improve knowledge acute toxicity both recreational and NPS. As baseline for this project, we performed study establish which data are currently being collected reported ED presentations related NPS abuse. Methods. We used three-pronged approach identify any systematic collection by i) performing literature search, ii) utilising an online survey Monitoring Centre Drugs Addiction Re seau en d’Information sur les Drogues et Tox...