TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Psychoactive drugs use and related visits of adolescents to the emergency department
JO  - Medicina clinica
A1  - Arias Constantí, Vanessa
A1  - Sanz Marcos, Nuria
A1  - Trenchs Sainz de La Maza, Victoria
A1  - Curcoy Barcenilla, Ana Isabel
A1  - Matalí Costa, Josep
A1  - Luaces Cubells, Carles
SP  - 583
EP  - 586
VL  - 134
IS  - 13
N2  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To describe psychoactive substances (PS)-related visits of adolescents to the emergency department and to explore possible differential features in patients according to the kind of PS consumed. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Observational and analytic study. PS-related visits of adolescents to the emergency department during 30 months were studied. Patients were divided in two groups: those with alcohol intoxication only (Group_1) and those with other PS (Group_2) and they were compared. RESULTS: 333 consults were included, corresponding to 321 patients. Their mean age was 16,1 years (SD:1,1 years). Two hundred sixty-two(78,7%) were alcohol-related visits, and 110(33%) were related with another PS consumption. Of the 262 alcohol-related visits, 223 were only related with alcohol(Group_1), while the other 110 visits made up Group_2. Group_2 was composed of more males, more adolescents placed in Institutional Care and more adolescents with psychiatric records than Group_1. Likewise, distribution of Group_2 visits was less predictable than distribution of Group_1. CONCLUSIONS: PS consumption is a frequent major complaint in an Emergency Department. There are more poly-intoxications in males with psycho-social problems. In those cases, consumption seems to happen regardless of the time in the day or the day of the week.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0025-7753
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medcli.2010.01.019
ID  - ref1
ER  -