Bilateral Femoral Neuropathy: A Rare Complication of Drug Overdose due to Prolonged Posturing in Lithotomy Position by D. Tsiptsios, D. Daud, K. Tsamakis, E. Rizos, A. Anastadiadis, A. Cassidy

“…To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of bilateral femoral nerve palsy due to prolonged posturing in a “lithotomy-type” position in the context of a drug overdose.…”
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Deliberate self-poisoning and suicidality: A qualitative analysis of the factors that influence repetitive suicidal behavior by Kelečević Igor M., Vejnović Ana-Marija T., Mijatović-Jovin Vesna M.

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Exploring the impact of xenobiotic drugs on forensic entomology for accurate post-mortem interval estimation by Sapna Jain, Jonathan J. Parrott, Gulnaz T. Javan

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The influence of the built environment on drug misuse and abuse by Adewumi Oladele, Edward Onyango, Kyle Esdaille

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İlaç İçerek İntihar Girişiminde Bulunanlarda Eksen-ı Tanı Sıklığı ve Klinik Özellikler by Ava Şirin Tav, Tonguç Demir Berkol, Hasan Mervan Aytaç, Habib Erensoy

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Characteristics of the drinking habits of people who overdose over‐the‐counter drugs: Insights from a nationwide Japanese survey by Satomi Mizuno, Satoshi Inoura, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Takuya Shimane

“…Multivariate analyses were performed to examine how these factors are associated with drinking habits in individuals with OTC drug overdose. Results OTC drug overdose was prevalent among teenagers and those in their 50s, and was associated with habitual binge drinking and consumption of energy drinks. …”
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Fifteen Percent Thermal Burn Injury Developing Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Rupak Chatterjee, Debanjan Mandal, Arnab Mondal, Rupnarayan Bhattacharya, Shatavisa Mukherjee

“…Pneumonia and sepsis are the most common causes followed in incidence by aspiration of gastric contents, trauma, multiple transfusions, and drug overdose. Here, we report a case of 15% total body surface area 2nd-degree thermal burn injury developing severe ARDS, which was managed successfully. …”
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Robot-Assisted Diagnostic Laparoscopy: A Safe and Feasible Adjunct to the Management of Massive Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum by Qingwen Kawaji, Sami Shoucair, Ali Darehzereshki, Alain Abdo

“…We present a case of a 35-year-old male who developed a non-surgical pneumoperitoneum in the setting of drug overdose. The patient underwent robot-assisted diagnostic laparoscopy without findings of perforation or other pathology. …”
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Utility of renal replacement therapy in poisoning and drug overdosage by Rohit Bhowmick, Sasidaran Kandasamy

“…Although pediatric literature is mainly limited to case reports, timely initiation of RRT helps manage children with poisoning and drug overdose.…”
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The Value of Desmethylclozapine and Serum CRP in Clozapine Toxicity: A Case Report by Khalid Abou Farha, Andre van Vliet, Henderikus Knegtering, Richard Bruggeman

“…Clozapine toxicity may occur in association with infection or after drug overdose. In a medical emergency situation, differentiating between a toxic clozapine ingestion and an infection-induced toxicity might be hindered by associated CNS changes and by the clozapine modulation of the inflammatory process. …”
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Holistic health and social care outreach for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal overdose in Glasgow, Scotland: the Pharmacist and third sector Homeless charity... by Vibhu Paudyal, Nicola Greenlaw, Frances S Mair, Kate Stock, Andrew McPherson, Andrea E Williamson, Richard Lowrie, Donogh Maguire, Steven Ross, James Roy Robertson, Alison Boyle, Clare Duncan, Rebecca Blair, Cian Lombard, Fiona Hughes, Jane Moir, Ailsa Scott, Frank Reilly, Laura Sills, Jennifer Hislop, Stephen Wishart, David Brannan, Rebekah Ramage

“…Objectives To examine randomised controlled trial (RCT) progression criteria including emergency department (ED) attendance and non-fatal overdose, from a holistic, integrated health and social care outreach intervention (PHOENIx), for people experiencing homelessness with recent non-fatal street drug overdose.Design Pilot RCT. 1:1 randomisation to PHOENIx plus usual care (UC) or UC.Setting Glasgow, Scotland.Participants 128 adults experiencing homelessness with at least one non-fatal street drug overdose in the preceding 6 months.Interventions Pharmacists from the National Health Service and third sector homelessness workers offered weekly outreach. …”
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Clinical Impact of Local Anesthesia on Sedation Stability and Propofol Dosage in Pediatric Dental Sedation by Merve Hayriye Kocaoglu, Çağıl Vural, Betül Büşra Ursavaş

“…LA does not contribute to stabilization of dental sedation, but close monitoring of deep sedation prevents drug overdose.…”
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Suicides of famous chefs of today: stories and reasons by Oksana Nykyha, Olha Romanchuk, Rostyslav Koval, Myroslava Danylevych, Yuliia Kalymon

“…It was found that among the methods of suicide, it is, in particular, hanging, use of firearms, drowning and suffocation, medicine and drug overdose. The motives of the actions of some of them remained a mystery, since not even suicide notes were found. …”
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Evaluating maternal drug use disparities, risk factors and outcomes in Northeast Arkansas: a pre, during, and post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis by Enrique Gomez Pomar, Johnna Berryhill, Sudeepa Bhattacharyya

“…Abstract Introduction The use of addictive substances remains a major health problem in the U.S. An increase in drug overdose and mortality was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in underserved populations. …”
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Feasibility and acceptability of multiple methods of recording injecting drug use episode data among people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia: a pilot evaluation study proto... by Alexis Roth, Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze, Nick Scott, Daniel O’Keefe, Filip Djordjevic, Ashleigh Cara Stewart, Dylan Vella-Horne, Zoe Gleeson, Damian Pavlyshyn, Matthew Gill, Rebekka Petrovic, Ben Cocchiaro

“…Results will be disseminated via national and international scientific and public health conferences and peer-reviewed journal publications.Results from ITM-Ex may demonstrate vastly more complete and accurate methods of capturing data on injecting drug use risk and support future development and evaluation of devices to monitor and intervene during drug overdose. Further, ITM-Ex may demonstrate innovative methodologies to support myriad future public health research studies.…”
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Health information-seeking on Reddit, by people who use opioids by Margaret Sullivan, Jonah Hancock, George Shaw, Chaoqun Ni

“…In the most recent year that data is available, 101,035 people died from drug overdoses in the United States. For people who use drugs, obtaining treatment remains a significant barrier due to issues of fear, stigmatisation, and illegality. …”
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The effect of economic crisis and austerity measures on deaths of despair in Brazil: An interrupted time series analysis. by Raphael Mendonça Guimarães, Karina Cardoso Meira, Cristiane Teixeira da Silva Vicente, Silvania Suely de Araújo Caribé, Luise Bernardes da Silva Neves, Nicole Almeida Vardiero

“…Some recent analyses have described that, in the context of the instability of social protection institutions and economic crisis, there is an increase in mortality rates selectively from drug overdoses, suicides and alcohol-related liver diseases. …”
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Data Driven Classification of Opioid Patients Using Machine Learning–An Investigation by Lisan Al Amin, Md. Saddam Hossain Mukta, Md. Sezan Mahmud Saikat, Md. Ismail Hossain, Md. Adnanul Islam, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Sami Azam

“…The opioid crisis has led to an increased number of drug overdoses in recent years. Several approaches have been established to predict opioid prescription by health practitioners. …”
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