Citation

Arias Constantí V, Sanz Marcos N, Trenchs Sainz de La Maza V, Curcoy Barcenilla AI, Matalí Costa J, Luaces Cubells C. Med. Clin. 2010; 134(13): 583-586.

Vernacular Title

Implicacion de las sustancias psicoactivas en las consultas de adolescentes en

Affiliation

Sección de Urgencias, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.medcli.2010.01.019

PMID

20304441

Abstract

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.

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