Lahoz Rallo C, Mostaza Prieto J M, Valencia Ortega M E, Fernández Martín J, Michan Doña A, Juárez Alonso S
Servicio de Medicina Interna (Sección Urgencias), Hospital General La Paz, Madrid.
An Med Interna. 1991 Oct;8(10):477-80.
Clinical and epidemiological features of intravenous drug addicts (IVDA), who attended the emergency department between 1984 and 1988, were studied. The number of cases treated over these 4 years had increased three-fold (256 vs 724). The median age had increased by 3 years (p less than 0.01). The sex ratio had not changed. A third of the cases knew that they were HIV-seropositive in 1988. The main reason for consultation in 1984 was overdosage and in 1988 it was fever. The rate of admission was similar in both years (around 21%). There was a significant increase in admissions caused by respiratory diseases in 1988 (p less than 0.0001) and a significant decrease of admissions caused by overdosage (p less than 0.001).
对1984年至1988年间前往急诊科就诊的静脉注射吸毒者（IVDA）的临床和流行病学特征进行了研究。这4年中接受治疗的病例数量增加了两倍（256例对724例）。中位年龄增加了3岁（p<0.01）。性别比没有变化。1988年三分之一的病例知道自己HIV血清呈阳性。1984年就诊的主要原因是用药过量，1988年是发烧。两年的入院率相似（约21%）。1988年因呼吸系统疾病导致的入院人数显著增加（p<0.0001），因用药过量导致的入院人数显著减少（p<0.001）。
