Increase in emergency department visits related to cannabis reported using syndromic surveillance system.

摘要: BACKGROUND Cannabis is illegal in France but, as many countries, legalization under debate. In the United States, an increase of emergency department (ED) visits related to cannabis exposure (CE) infants and adults was reported. France, a retrospective observational study also suggested CE children 6 years old. This only included toddlers data sources used did not allow repeated analysis for monitoring. METHODS Our aimed evaluate trend ED patients younger than 27 old Southern France. A cross-sectional using Electronic Emergency Department Abstracts (EEDA) national Syndromic Surveillance System. were defined International Classification Disease (ICD-10). RESULTS From 2009 2014, 16 EDs consistently reported EEDA with <5% missing diagnosis code. Seven hundred ninety seven admitted including 49 (4.1%) 8 2009-11 2012-14, rate increased significantly across all age groups. The highest 8-14 (+144%; 1.85-4.51, P < 0.001) significant (0.53-1.06; = 0.02). Among 8, hospitalization (75.5% vs. 16.8%; intensive care unit admissions (4.1% 0.1%; higher compared older years. CONCLUSION These trends occurred despite remaining illegal. could be useful monitoring EDs.