Citation

Laita AD, Ruiz AD, Castrillón JLP. Medicine (Spain) 2018; 12(69): 4043-4054.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018)

DOI

10.1016/j.med.2018.11.021

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Main acute drugs and narcotic poisoning are rewieved in the current update. All are extra-hospital and hospital emergencies, accounting for 1% of adult emergencies in most countries. In many cases underlying causes are suicide attempt or recreational drug use. Antidepressants, benzodiazepines, cocaine, designer drugs and paracetamol are the substances chosen for this review. © 2018

Language: en

Keywords

human; recreation; Poisoning; emergency; drug use; suicide attempt; Antidepressants; Benzodiazepines; Cocaine; intoxication; hospital; cocaine; antidepressant agent; paracetamol; benzodiazepine derivative; Paracetamol; narcotic agent; Article; Designer drugs