Historique
Périodique
Morbidity associated with non-fatal heroin overdose
(Morbidité associée aux overdoses non mortelles d'héroïne)
Auteur(s) :
WARNER-SMITH, M. ;
DARKE, S. ;
DAY, C.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
963-967
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
17
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEROINE
;
SURDOSE
;
MORBIDITE
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
;
URGENCE
;
HOSPITALISATION
;
PATHOLOGIE ORGANIQUE
;
SYMPTOME
Note générale :
Addiction, 2002, 97, (8), 963-967
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Aims: To estimate the range and severity of heroin overdose related morbidity. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Sydney, Australia. Participants: 198 heroin users. Findings: Sixty-nine per cent had experienced a heroin overdose, 28% in the preceding 12 months. Of those who had overdosed, 79% had experienced at least one overdose-related morbidity symptom. An ambulance had attended overdoses for 59% of subjects, 33% had required hospital treatment for overdose, and 14% had experienced overdose-related complications of sufficient severity to be admitted to a hospital ward. Indirect overdose-related morbidity included: physical injury sustained when failing at overdose (40%), burns (24%) and assault while unconscious (14%). Direct overdose-related morbidity included: peripheral neuropathy (49%), vomiting (33%), temporary paralysis of limbs (26%), chest infections (13%) and seizure (2%). Conclusions: There appears to be extensive morbidity associated with non-fatal overdose. This is clearly an area that requires more research to document the prevalence and nature of these harms, and factors associated with them. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Nat. Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Univ. of New South Wales, NSW 2052
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.