Publications by authors named "Francisco Callado-Moro"
Objectives: To determine whether symptoms and levels of severity of intoxication from street drugs differ between adolescents and young adults who come to hospital emergency departments for treatment.
Material And Methods: We studied a consecutive cohort of adolescents (aged 12-17 years) and young adults (aged 18-30 years) who were treated in 11 hospital emergency departments belonging to the Drug Abuse Network of Spanish Hospital Emergency Departments (REDURHE). Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and level of severity were recorded for comparison between between adolescents and young adults, adjusted for sex, alcohol co-ingestion, and type of drug used.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to analyze the characteristics and severity of drug overdoses treated in Spanish hospital emergency departments, looking specifically at differences between weekdays and weekends/holidays.
- Over a 24-month period, 4526 patients were examined, with the most common drugs being cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamines; the majority of patients were male and around 33 years old.
- Significant findings included younger patients presenting on weekends, a higher occurrence of alcohol use with drugs during this time, and fewer opioid emergencies compared to weekdays.