Impact of co-ingestion of ethanol on the clinical symptomatology and severity of patients attended in the emergency department for recreational drug toxicity

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• dc.contributor.author Ibrahim-Achi, Dima
• dc.contributor.author Miró, Òscar
• dc.contributor.author Galicia, Miguel
• dc.contributor.author Puiguriguer Ferrando¸ Jordi
• dc.contributor.author Leciñena, Maria Angeles
• dc.contributor.author Venegas de L'Hotellerie, Mª José
• dc.contributor.author Bajo Bajo, Ángel
• dc.contributor.author Martín-Pérez, Beatriz
• dc.contributor.author Burillo-Putze, Guillermo
• dc.contributor.author Red de estudio de drogas en Urgencias Hospitalarias en España REDUrHE
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-06T06:46:07Z
• dc.date.available 2022-05-06T06:46:07Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract Objective: Investigate whether there are differences in the drugs involved, symptomatology and severity of drug intoxication in patients with co-ingestion of alcohol attended in hospital emergency departments (ED). Method: Patients attended in 11 Spanish EDs due to drug intoxication were included. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected. A combined adverse event of cardiorespiratory arrest, need for intubation, and admission to intensive care or death was considered as the primary indicator of severity. The symptomatology and severity were compared adjusted for age, sex and type of drug based on whether or not ethanol had been co-ingested. Results: 3925 patients (alcohol co-ingestion: 2290, 58.3%) with a mean age of 33 (±11) years were included, and 25% were women. Co-ingestion of alcohol was observed in younger patients, in EDs in areas with high leisure tourism, on holidays and during the early morning hours. It was also more frequent in individuals intoxicated by amphetamine derivatives (66.2%) and cocaine (65.7%), and was more frequently associated with a reduction in consciousness (odds ratio [OR] = 2.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.69-2.67) and agitation/aggressiveness (OR = 1.22, 95% = 1.04-1.43). A combined adverse event was observed in 114 patients (2.9%) with no differences between individuals co-ingesting or not ethanol (3.1% vs. 2.7%; OR = 1.11, 95% CI = 0.74-1.65). Conclusion: Co-ingestion of alcohol is more frequent in individuals intoxicated by cocaine and amphetamines and predisposes a greater reduction in the level of consciousness or agitation, although there are no differences in the severity of the episodes of drug intoxication.
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• dc.identifier.citation Supervía A, Ibrahim-Achi D, Miró Ò, Galicia M, Ferrando JP, Leciñena MA, et al. Impact of co-ingestion of ethanol on the clinical symptomatology and severity of patients attended in the emergency department for recreational drug toxicity. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Dec; 50: 422-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.08.046
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2021.08.046
• dc.identifier.issn 0735-6757
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53009
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.rights © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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• dc.subject.keyword Drugs
• dc.subject.keyword Emergency department
• dc.subject.keyword Evolution
• dc.subject.keyword Intoxication
• dc.subject.keyword Severity
• dc.title Impact of co-ingestion of ethanol on the clinical symptomatology and severity of patients attended in the emergency department for recreational drug toxicity
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