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Addiction and Health، جلد ۱۱، شماره ۱، صفحات ۱۸-۲۵
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عنوان انگلیسی Study of Methamphetamine Use in Patients Referred to Emergency Ward of a General Hospital at North of Iran in 2017
چکیده انگلیسی مقاله Background: Acute use of methamphetamine affects the sympathetic system and causes symptoms like tachycardia, hypertension (HTN), tachypnea, peripheral blood vessels constriction, hyperthermia, and mydriasis that can lead to many medical complications. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the use of methamphetamine, clinical symptoms, and admission causes in patients referred to emergency ward of Imam Khomeini General Hospital in Sari, Iran. Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 3263 patients were enrolled in the census. The population was patients referred to emergency ward of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari, in 2017. Clinical signs and symptoms, test results, primary and definite diagnosis, and patients' status during discharge or referral were extracted from medical records. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software. Findings: A total of 3263 people were enrolled in the study. The prevalence of positive methamphetamine test in patients referred to the emergency department was 1.2%, which was significantly higher in men (P = 0.017). The mean age was 39.9 ± 17.2 years. Methamphetamine users were more likely to be traumatized than the general population. There was a statistically significant difference in seizure (P = 0.003), chest pain (P < 0.001), tachycardia (P < 0.001), palpitation (P < 0.001), HTN (P = 0.002), tachypnea (P = 0.001), visual hallucinations (P = 0.001), auditory hallucinations (P = 0.001), paranoia (P = 0.001), grandiosity (P = 0.035), talkativeness (P = 0.001), suicidal ideation (P < 0.001), homicidal ideation (P = 0.001), violence (P < 0.001), and disorientation (P < 0.001) in positive methamphetamine test group. Conclusion: Methamphetamine use is more frequent in young men in the second and third decades of life. The most common clinical symptoms in these patients were HTN, chest pain, palpitations, tachycardia, seizure, aggression, anxiety, delusions, and hallucinations
کلیدواژه‌های انگلیسی مقاله Emergencies, Hospitals, General, Methamphetamine
نویسندگان مقاله Pezhman Hadinezhad |
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Mehran Zarghami |
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine AND Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Hosein Montazer |
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Mahmood Moosazadeh |
Department of Health, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Fattaneh Ghaderi |
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

نشانی اینترنتی http://ahj.kmu.ac.ir/article_89477_60898f64ad1e74d4c66691d54307c9d8.pdf
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