Acute recreational drug and new psychoactive substance toxicity in Europe: 12 months data collection from the European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN)

A. M. DINES ; D. M. WOOD ; C. YATES ; F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; I. GIRAUDON ; R. SEDEFOV ; P. I. DARGAN ; Euro-DEN Research Group | 2015
Dans Clinical Toxicology (Vol.53, n°9, November 2015) Article : Périodique

CONTEXT: Despite the potential for recreational drugs and new psychoactive substances (NPSs) to cause significant morbidity and mortality, there is limited collection of systematic data on acute drug/NPS toxicity in Europe. OBJECTIVE: To report[...]

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Acute recreational drug toxicity: Comparison of self-reports and results of immunoassay and additional analytical methods in a multicenter European case series

E. LIAKONI ; C. YATES ; A. M. DINES ; P. I. DARGAN ; F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; D. M. WOOD ; F. EYER ; M. E. LIECHTI ; Euro-DEN Plus Research Group | 2018
Dans Medicine (Vol.97, n°5, February 2018) Article : Périodique

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 toxi[...]

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Current European data collection on emergency department presentations with acute recreational drug toxicity: gaps and national variations

F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; I. GIRAUDON ; C. B. YATES ; A. M. DINES ; R. SEDEFOV ; D. M. WOOD ; P. I. DARGAN | 2014
Dans Clinical Toxicology (Vol.52, n°10, December 2014) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: The number of new (novel) psychoactive substances (NPS) available in the illegal market is increasing; however, current monitoring of the drug situation in Europe focuses mainly on classical drugs of abuse, with limited emphasis on c[...]

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Epidemiology, clinical features and management of patients presenting to European emergency departments with acute cocaine toxicity: comparison between powder cocaine and crack cocaine cases

O. MIRO ; P. I. DARGAN ; D. M. WOOD ; A. M. DINES ; C. YATES ; F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; I. GIRAUDON ; Euro-DEN Plus Research Group ; M. GALICIA | 2019
Dans Clinical Toxicology (Vol.57, n°8, August 2019) Article : Périodique

Objective: To analyse the epidemiology, clinical picture and emergency department (ED) management of a large series of patients who presented to European EDs after cocaine consumption, comparing data from powder (C-1 group) and crack (C-2 group)[...]

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Impact of pregabalin co-use in patients presenting with acute heroin toxicity to the European Drug Emergencies Network Plus project

C. LEAPER ; A. M. DINES ; P. I. DARGAN ; C. YATES ; K. E. HOVDA ; F. HEYERDAHL ; I. GIRAUDON ; D. M. WOOD ; Euro-DEN Plus Research Group | 2021
Dans European Journal of Emergency Medicine (Vol.28, n°2, April 2021) Article : Périodique

Over the last few years, there have been increasing reports of the potential for dependence and misuse of gabapentinoids such as pregabalin. Recent data from the UK have demonstrated an increase in 'gabapentinoid' deaths from 1 death in 2009 to [...]

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Presentations to the emergency department following cannabis use - a multi-centre case series from ten European countries

A. M. DINES ; D. M. WOOD ; M. GALICIA ; C. M. YATES ; F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; I. GIRAUDON ; R. SEDEFOV ; P. I. DARGAN | 2015
Dans Journal of Medical Toxicology (Vol.11, n°4, December 2015) Article : Périodique

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in Europe, and is generally regarded as having low acute toxicity. We present the findings of the first 6 months of data collection from the Euro-DEN project on presentations related to cannabis us[...]

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Psychosis associated with acute recreational drug toxicity: a European case series

O. M. VALLERSNES ; A. M. DINES ; D. M. WOOD ; C. YATES ; F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; I. GIRAUDON ; P. I. DARGAN ; Euro-DEN Research Group | 2016
Dans BMC Psychiatry (Vol.16, n°293, 18 August 2016) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Psychosis can be associated with acute recreational drug and novel psychoactive substance (NPS) toxicity. However, there is limited data available on how common this is and which drugs are most frequently implicated. We describe a Eu[...]

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Review of European-Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN) training package for non-specialist workers to assess acute recreational drug and new psychoactive substance toxicity in night-time economy environments

D. M. WOOD ; A. M. DINES ; F. HEYERDAHL ; C. YATES ; I. GIRAUDON ; R. PAASMA ; K. E. HOVDA ; P. I. DARGAN | 2016
Dans Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Vol.23, n°1, February 2016) Article : Périodique

Aims: The initial management of acute recreational drug and new psychoactive substance (NPS) toxicity is often by non-specialists working in the night-time economy. The aim was as part of the European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN) project [...]

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Seizures as a complication of recreational drug use: Analysis of the Euro-DEN Plus data-set

C. E. WOLFE ; D. M. WOOD ; A. DINES ; B. P. WHATLEY ; C. YATES ; F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; I. GIRAUDON ; P. I. DARGAN ; Euro-DEN Plus Research Group | 2019
Dans NeuroToxicology (Vol.73, July 2019) Article : Périodique

Seizures are a recognized and potentially serious complication of recreational drug use. This study examined a large international data set of presentations to Emergency Departments with acute recreational drug toxicity, the European Drug Emerge[...]

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Severity of emergency department presentations due to acute drug toxicity in Europe: a longitudinal analysis over a 6-year period (2014-2019) stratified by sex

O. MIRO ; G. BURILLO-PUTZE ; Y. SCHMID ; E. SALGADO ; M. E. LIECHTI ; A. M. DINES ; I. GIRAUDON ; F. HEYERDAHL ; K. E. HOVDA ; O. M. VALLERSNE ; F. EYER ; D. M. WOOD ; C. YATES ; P. I. DARGAN ; M. GALICIA ; Euro-DEN Plus Research Group | 2023
Dans European Journal of Emergency Medicine (Vol.30, n°1, February 2023) Article : Périodique

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the severity of acute recreation drug toxicity presentations to emergency departments (EDs) in Europe has changed in recent years and to uncover potential sex differences. DESIGN: We analysed presentations to 3[...]

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The European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN) [Commentary]

D. M. WOOD ; F. HEYERDAHL ; C. B. YATES ; A. M. DINES ; I. GIRAUDON ; K. E. HOVDA ; P. I. DARGAN | 2014
Dans Clinical Toxicology (Vol.52, n°4, April 2014) Article : Périodique

In light of the current paucity of reliable data on acute recreational drug and NPS toxicity we felt that it was worthwhile to develop a network to collect data at an Emergency Room level across Europe using sentinel specialist centres; this for[...]

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