Kopstein A
Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Br J Addict. 1992 Jul;87(7):1071-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb03125.x.
Drug-related hospital emergency room cases provide one measure of the morbidity associated with drug abuse. Over time, they indicate if problems associated with particular drugs are increasing or decreasing. These trends may be influenced by a number of factors including increased prevalence of use, increased dosages, increased potency, increased frequency of use, the aging of drug addicts, the use of more dangerous routes of administration, and the combined use of two or more drugs. The primary source of this information in the United States is the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). This paper will present statistics on the drug-related emergencies reported to the DAWN system for 1989 and 1990. In addition to numbers of drug-related emergencies, this paper includes the population based rates for drug-related emergencies in 1990.
与药物相关的医院急诊病例是衡量药物滥用所致发病率的一项指标。随着时间推移，这些病例能表明与特定药物相关的问题是在增加还是减少。这些趋势可能受到多种因素影响，包括药物使用流行率上升、剂量增加、效力增强、使用频率增加、吸毒者老龄化、更危险给药途径的使用以及两种或更多药物的联合使用。在美国，该信息的主要来源是药物滥用预警网络（DAWN）。本文将呈现1989年和1990年向DAWN系统报告的与药物相关急诊情况的统计数据。除了与药物相关的急诊数量外，本文还包括1990年基于人群的与药物相关急诊发生率。
