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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 26. Special Situations > |
Chapter 294. Injection Drug Users
Sections: Epidemiology, Risk Behaviors of Injection Drug Users, Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, Specific Infections, References.
Topics Discussed: intravenous drug usage.
Excerpt:"Illicit drug use is a major health issue worldwide. Annually,
approximately 250 million individuals are involved in drug use,
with up to 21 million using injection drugs.1 In
2008, an estimated 20.1 million Americans  12 years of age used
an illicit drug within the previous month, and of these, 213,000
used heroin, nearly twice the prevalence rate of 2005.2 Between
1996 and 2006, heroin-related ED visits more than doubled (from
73,846 to 189,780), with the majority of visits made by men (69%) and
patients aged 35 to 44 years.2..."
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