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Acute recreational drug toxicity

Overview of attention for article published in Medicine (Wolters Kluwer), February 2018
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Title
Acute recreational drug toxicity
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Medicine (Wolters Kluwer), February 2018
DOI 10.1097/md.0000000000009784
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Evangelia Liakoni, Christopher Yates, Alison M. Dines, Paul I. Dargan, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Knut Erik Hovda, David M. Wood, Florian Eyer, Matthias E. Liechti, Euro-DEN Plus Research Group

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare self-reported and analytically confirmed substance use in cases of acute recreational drug toxicity.We performed a retrospective analysis of emergency department presentations of acute recreational drug toxicity over 2 years (October 2013 to September 2015) within the European Drug Emergencies Network Plus project.Among the 10,956 cases of acute recreational drug toxicity during the study period, 831 could be included. Between the self-reported substance use and the toxicological results, the highest agreement was found for heroin (86.1%) and cocaine (74.1%), whereas inhalants, poppers, and magic mushrooms were self-reported but not analytically detected. Cathinones and other new psychoactive substances (NPS) could be detected using additional analytical methods. Among cases with both immunoassay (IA) and confirmation with mass spectrometry (MS), the results were consistent for methadone (100%) and cocaine (95.5%) and less consistent for amphetamines (81.8%). In cases with a positive IA for amphetamines (n = 54), MS confirmed the presence of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), amphetamine, methamphetamine, and NPS in 37, 20, 10, and 6 cases, respectively, also revealing use of more than 1 substance in some cases. MS yielded positive results in 21 cases with a negative IA for amphetamines, including amphetamine, MDMA, methamphetamine, and NPS, in 14, 7, 2, and 2 cases, respectively.In conclusion, the highest agreement was found between self-reports and analytical findings for heroin and cocaine. The diagnosis of NPS use was mainly based on self-report. The IAs accurately identified methadone and cocaine, and MS had advantages for the detection of NPS and amphetamine derivatives.

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Unknown 50 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 12%
Other 5 10%
Student > Master 5 10%
Researcher 5 10%
Student > Bachelor 4 8%
Other 7 14%
Unknown 18 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 32%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 12%
Chemistry 2 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Social Sciences 1 2%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 21 42%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 May 2018.
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#8,244,775
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