The purpose of this research is to identify the New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) that are responsible for intoxicating patients in ski resort during winter activities.
The New Psychoactive Substances expose to an additional risk of overdose or death due to their potency. These New Psychoactive Substances are used voluntarily by users wishing to test new substances, but also involuntarily because of association (unknowingly users) with more "conventional" drugs such as cocaine or heroin in the self-administered powder. These intoxications are still poorly known and the investigators believe that the identification of New Psychoactive Substances among the drugs consumed, and the association of their consumption with the appearance of a particular symptomatology allow the physician to guide the diagnosis and facilitate the care of future patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
87
New Psychoactive Substances research in urine at admission in unit care
Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie (Chaméry)
Chambéry, Savoie, France
CH Albertville Moutiers
Albertville, France
University Hospital Grenoble
Grenoble, France
positive urinary sample
proportion of urine samples positive for New Psychoactive Substances and related, among patients suspected of intoxication and from a ski resort, in winter.
Time frame: Day 0
incidence of toxidromes
Clinical symptoms observed in intoxicated patients
Time frame: baseline
polyintoxication frequency
Percentage of co-intoxications
Time frame: baseline
morbidity of intoxication
length of stay in hospital
Time frame: baseline and month 1
morbidity of intoxication
Percentage of Intensive Care Unit admissions
Time frame: baseline and month 1
incidence of intoxication medical care
names of therapies implemented within 24 hours of admission
Time frame: day 1
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