Intravenous drug abusers attending an inner city accident and emergency department.
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Intravenous drug abusers attending an inner city accident and emergency department.
In a 3-month prospective study, intravenous drug abusers represented 1.14% of all new attendances at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. They generated a significant workload and were often difficult to identify. A very high proportion required surgery or other invasive procedures. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients were often unexpected. The risks to staff and other implicat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.9.1.32