Trends in intravenous drug abuse as reflected in national hepatitis reporting.

modernist poetics as reflected in the poetry of selected modernist poets

فن شعر (poetics) که پیش از این به معنای مطالعه ی شعر و شیوه های آن بود در قرن بیستم در مفهوم گسترده به نظریه ی ادبی و مشخصه هایی که سبب پیدایش ادبیات است، اطلاق می شود. نوگرایی (modernism) بیش از آنکه از نقطه نظر زمانی دارای اهمیت باشد، گویای زمینه های فکری و اجتماعی است که تحولاتی بنیادین را در هنر و ادبیات رقم زد. تی. اس. الیوت، تی. ئی. هولم و ازرا پاوند از مهمترین نظریه پردازان نوگرایی هستند...

Needle embolism in intravenous drug abuse

Although intravenous drug users report the breaking of a needle as a relatively common occurrence, central embolism of needle fragments occurs infrequently in the literature. Central needle embolism also poses a conundrum for the radiologist, as the needle may be easily overlooked when the clinical history is nonspecific. We present two cases of needle embolism to the lung, one complicated by i...

Recent trends in designer drug abuse.

Methemoglobin, myoglobin, and methemalbumin can cause abnormal dark color in patient samples. “Lipemia” was measured at 660and 700-nm wavelengths (1 ); therefore any compounds that absorb light in this range will result in an increased lipemic index. In this patient, methemoglobin was always 7.5% (cooximetry), myoglobin was not detected (gel filtration chromatography and mass spectrometry), but...

EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE — Foreword

Metropolitan Atlanta Drug Abuse Trends

Atlanta indicators suggest that cocaine continues to dominate the local drug market, which is becoming more diverse. Information on cocaine’s prevalence is mixed. According to treatment admissions and emergency department (ED) mentions, cocaine prevalence is declining, which is also supported by arrestee data and ethnographic research. According to the DEA, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetami...