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| Title |
Risk of anaphylaxis in opioid dependent persons: effects of heroin versus substitution substance
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| Published in |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1747-597x-9-12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ute Maurer, Carola Kager, Christina Fellinger, Dagmara Loader, Augustin Pollesböck, Bernhard Spitzer, Reinhart Jarisch |
| Abstract |
Across Europe, illicit drug-related mortality has not declined despite ever increasing prevention measures. The cause of these deaths has traditionally been associated with overdose. Previous findings have revealed the appearance of non-lethal opioid concentrations, leading us to investigate a further cause of death. The symptoms of heroin intoxication with asphyxia and/or cardiovascular involvement resemble anaphylaxis, and therefore it has been speculated that such deaths might be caused by an allergic reaction. The study´s aims were to investigate levels of allergic mediators in long-term injecting drug users (IDU) compared to healthy controls and to determine if oral opioid substitution therapy (OST) resulted in similar allergic symptoms to those reported by IDU after intravenous (IV) heroin use. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Oman | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 18% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 20% |
| Unknown | 12 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 39% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Psychology | 3 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 12 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
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 09 May 2019.
All research outputs
#6,878,395
of 22,745,803 outputs
Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#382
of 666 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#66,117
of 221,166 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#6
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,745,803 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 666 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.5. This one is in the 41st percentile – i.e., 41% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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