TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Medical problems related to recreational drug use at nocturnal dance parties
JO  - European journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Van Sassenbroeck, Diederik K.
A1  - Calle, Paul A.
A1  - Rousseau, Filip M.
A1  - Verstraete, Alain Gaston
A1  - Belpaire, Frans M.
A1  - Monsieurs, Koenraad G.
A1  - Haentjens, Raoul
A1  - Allonsius, Jacques
A1  - Van Brantegem, Jean
A1  - Haenen, Wim
A1  - Buylaert, W. A.
SP  - 302
EP  - 308
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
N2  - During 'I love techno' (edition 2001), an indoor rave party attended by 37 000 people, data about medical problems (especially drug-related problems) were collected. To place these data in a wider perspective, a similar registration was done during 'De Nacht', a traditional New Year's Eve dance party held at the same location and attended by 12 000 people. Furthermore, a prospective study on the time course of the level of consciousness (Glasgow Coma Score) and blood concentrations of illicit drugs, especially gamma-hydroxybutyrate was set up.The results revealed that during 'I love techno' the incidence of medical problems was high (66.5/10 000 attendees), but not higher than during 'De Nacht' (70.0/10 000 attendees). At 'I love techno', however, mainly illicit drugs were used, more frequently leading to severe drug-related medical problems.The observations in patients with a drug-related medical problem who had taken gamma-hydroxybutyrate showed that for a given level of consciousness the gamma-hydroxybutyrate concentrations may show important differences, that the transition from coma (Glasgow Coma Score < or =7) to full recovery (Glasgow Coma Score 15) takes only 30-60 min (and only a small decrease in gamma-hydroxybutyrate concentrations), and that the time it takes before a comatose patient reaches the above-mentioned 'transition area' may be a few hours.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0969-9546
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.mej.0000104020.33339.52
ID  - ref1
ER  -