Intravenous Substance Abuse

01/01/1986 - "To cope with these serious problems the authors suggest that more intensive international co-operation is needed, particularly with a view to promoting data collection, research and the exchange of knowledge and experience on measures that have been effective in dealing with parenteral drug abuse and its complications."
01/01/2009 - "This low frequency of HIV/HCV co-infection is probably due to the uncommon intravenous drug abuse in this population. "
01/01/2005 - "The evidence regarding the co-morbidity of chronic hepatitis C, psychiatric illness and intravenous drug abuse is reviewed from the literature. "
11/01/2005 - "Co-morbidities included diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, intravenous drug abuse, peripheral vascular disease, and malignancy. "
01/01/2011 - "Variables included: Pap smear results (outcome variable), cytology results, age, self-reported ethnicity, CD4/ nadir CD4 counts, HIV viral load, antiretroviral therapy use, Hepatitis B and C co-infections, history of sexually transmitted diseases, personal history of cancer, tobacco use, alcohol use, intravenous drug abuse, family history of cancer, and history of genital/anal warts. "

06/01/2007 - "A 27-year-old patient with known history of parenteral drug abuse (heroin, pervitin) was treated at our department during the autumn of 2006. "
06/01/2013 - "We report on a 22-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug abuse with fever 30 min after injecting heroin. "
03/01/2000 - "Prevalence of candidemia has increased during the last decade, numerous predisposing factors are invoked, like parenteral drug abuse in the case of brown heroin syndrome, neutropenia, prolonged antibiotic therapeutics and immunosupression. "
03/01/1999 - "The potential relationship between intravenous drug abuse and/or HCV to development of WM in this group of young patients is provocative, especially since a polyclonal increase in serum IgM is commonly seen in chronic intravenous heroin addicts. "
04/01/1984 - "Compared with the 19 heroin addicts studied, the pentazocine and tripelennamine users had a significantly shorter mean duration of intravenous drug abuse (2.7 +/- 0.4 years versus 7.6 +/- 0.9 years, p less than 0.01), a greater frequency of respiratory symptoms (75 percent versus 36 percent, p less than 0.05), a significant reduction in the mean diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (58.4 +/- 3.3 percent predicted versus 75.5 +/- 5.6 percent predicted, p less than 0.01), and abnormal responses to submaximal steady-state exercise testing. "

12/01/1998 - "By multivariate regression, survival was decreased by cirrhosis, long disease duration, history of intravenous drug abuse, and excessive alcohol consumption, whereas interferon therapy improved survival. "
06/01/1991 - "Multivariant analysis indicated that, compared with the ten nonresponders, the 18 patients who responded to interferon were more likely to have acquired infection by intravenous drug abuse than by blood transfusion (p less than 0.05), and were more likely to have histologically less severe chronic liver disease (p less than 0.01). "
01/01/1986 - "Peripheral blood lymphocytes from 14 adult male patients admitted to the hospital with complications of intravenous drug abuse (IDA) were examined for natural killer (NK) and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxic (ADCC) activities, lectin-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, and interferon (IFN)- and interleukin 2 (IL-2)-induced NK activity. "

04/01/1984 - "Compared with the 19 heroin addicts studied, the pentazocine and tripelennamine users had a significantly shorter mean duration of intravenous drug abuse (2.7 +/- 0.4 years versus 7.6 +/- 0.9 years, p less than 0.01), a greater frequency of respiratory symptoms (75 percent versus 36 percent, p less than 0.05), a significant reduction in the mean diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (58.4 +/- 3.3 percent predicted versus 75.5 +/- 5.6 percent predicted, p less than 0.01), and abnormal responses to submaximal steady-state exercise testing. "

04/01/1984 - "Compared with the 19 heroin addicts studied, the pentazocine and tripelennamine users had a significantly shorter mean duration of intravenous drug abuse (2.7 +/- 0.4 years versus 7.6 +/- 0.9 years, p less than 0.01), a greater frequency of respiratory symptoms (75 percent versus 36 percent, p less than 0.05), a significant reduction in the mean diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (58.4 +/- 3.3 percent predicted versus 75.5 +/- 5.6 percent predicted, p less than 0.01), and abnormal responses to submaximal steady-state exercise testing. "

11/01/2000 - "The authors report a rare case of RSD that followed intraarterial administration of cocaine in a patient with a history of intravenous drug abuse. "
01/01/1992 - "A detailed respiratory and drug use questionnaire and a battery of lung function tests were administered to (1) a convenience sample of 202 habitual smokers of cocaine (cases) who denied intravenous drug abuse and (2) a reference sample of 99 nonusers of cocaine (control subjects). "
02/01/1991 - "Of those tested, five (21.7%) were seropositive; three had traditional risk factors (intravenous drug abuse and/or sexual contacts at risk), and two denied traditional risk factors but reported nonintravenous cocaine use and multiple sexual partners. "
10/01/1987 - "We therefore evaluated the relationship between cocaine use by freebasing and chronic respiratory symptoms and lung dysfunction in a large sample of habitual smokers of marijuana with or without tobacco who denied intravenous drug abuse. "
12/01/2001 - "A 46-year-old HIV-positive man with a past medical history of intravenous drug abuse and hepatitis C, who was well controlled with HIV medications, was admitted for cocaine withdrawal. "

07/01/2008 - "There was no history of occupational exposure to talc or intravenous drug abuse. "
05/01/1990 - "Fine needle aspiration cytology of talc granulomatosis in a peripheral lymph node in a case of suspected intravenous drug abuse."
04/01/1987 - "Talc in the liver is highly suggestive of intravenous drug abuse. "
06/01/1979 - "Talc emboli and macular ischemia in intravenous drug abuse."
01/01/2011 - "Occupational exposure to talc dust and intravenous drug abuse are well-recognised aetiological factors with only a few cases related to cosmetic talc exposure being reported to date. "

02/01/2007 - "144 patients (39.7%) had antibodies against HCV, mainly in patients with history of intravenous drug abuse (78.4%). "
05/01/1992 - "11.5% of homosexual men were anti-HCV positive; there were significant associations with positivity for antibodies to HIV, intravenous drug abuse and with the number of sexual partners. "
09/01/1993 - "Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus and association with intravenous drug abuse and tattooing in a national prison in Norway."
01/01/1990 - "The infection was presumed to have been transmitted by intravenous drug abuse in six of the patients, blood transfusion in one and by sexual contact in four (two had antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus in their serum, but did not show signs of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). "
01/01/1991 - "Serum samples from 66 seropositive subjects (56 with a history of intravenous drug abuse), including asymptomatic carriers and patients with persistent generalised lymphadenopathy (PGL), AIDS related complex (ARC), and AIDS, were tested by indirect immunofluorescence on rat tissue sections and HEp-2 cells for the presence of antibodies to nuclei, smooth muscle, intermediate filaments (anti-IMF) and microfilaments (anti-MF). "

01/01/1988 - "Among HBsAg carriers, 8% have been positive for anti-delta antibody while intravenous drug abuse and alcohol have been unknown. "
06/01/1990 - "It is concluded that the HBsAg carriers with intravenous drug abuse in Taiwan are commonly HDV infected with and that the infection does not seem to affect the liver as assessed by liver function tests."
09/01/1988 - "We conclude that although delta superinfection is common in the asymptomatic HBsAg carriers with intravenous drug abuse in the nonendemic area of Taiwan, continuous delta activities are uncommon in them. "
12/01/2011 - "Pooled ORs were calculated for several factors common to Iranian HBsAg-positive patients, including history of blood transfusion [OR: 1.1 (95% CI: 0.40 to 2.98)], intravenous drug abuse [OR: 1.6 (95% CI: 0.78 to 3.21)], previous hemodialysis [OR: 1.72 (95% CI: 0.79 to 3.76)], and HBeAg-positive status [OR: 1.26 (95% CI: 0.66 to 2.4)]. "
05/01/1994 - "Sixty-seven formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded liver biopsies from HBsAg-negative alcoholics without previous blood transfusions or intravenous drug abuse were analyzed for the presence of low-level hepatitis B virus DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. "

04/01/2010 - "A 24-year-old, 14-week pregnant patient with no significant medical history, but with a history of intravenous drug abuse presented with tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by methicillin-sensitive S. "
08/01/1977 - "Factors that correlated with methicillin nephropathy were endocarditis and prolonged treatment, but not intravenous drug abuse. "
05/01/2006 - "A 27-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug abuse was admitted for treatment of a pulmonary parenchymal abscess in the setting of lower-limb deep-venous thrombosis and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. "
04/01/1995 - "Antibiotic regimen depends mainly on (1) the species of Staphylococcus (Staphylococcus aureus versus coagulase-negative staphylococci) and its resistance pattern (resistance to penicillin, to methicillin, to multiple classes of antibiotics); (2) the type of infected valve (native versus prosthetic); (3) the site of infection (left side versus right side endocarditis); (4) some underlying conditions of the host, in particular the presence or not of intravenous drug abuse. "

10/01/2007 - "A questionnaire was also administered to all the study participants regarding demographics, sexual practices, blood transfusion and intravenous drug abuse. "
04/01/1991 - "Those with a history of blood transfusion or parenteral drug abuse had been excluded from the study, and all study subjects were heterosexuals. "
04/01/2012 - "Our HCV infected population is male predominant (63%), and the most common route of transmission were intravenous drug abuse (37%) and blood transfusions (33%). "
01/01/2008 - "Risk factors were intravenous drug abuse in 70 (72.6%), blood transfusion in 12 (12.4%) and eight had no known risk factors. "
04/01/2007 - "Among the 80 cases and 240 controls, the independent predictors of anti-HCV positivity using a stepwise logistic regression were: blood transfusion, intravenous drug abuse, acupuncture, ventoused scarification and practice of scarification (adjusted odds ratio and IC95%: 3.8 [1.1-13.1], 3.5 [1.7-7.3], 5.4 [2.3-12.7], 5.4 [2.5-11.7], 6.6 [1.6-26.4] respectively). "

04/01/1996 - "Previous intravenous drug abuse and/or tattooing were identified in 16. "
04/01/2007 - "This study made us to conclude that above results were due to multiple reasons like transfusion of blood and blood products from unscreened donors, medical injections, tattooing, intravenous drug abuse, traditional medicinal practices, sexual promiscuity and lack ofawareness in rural population about the disease and mode of spread."
01/01/1997 - "They were also interviewed with regard to past history of blood transfusion, tattooing, acupuncture, intravenous drug abuse, and psychiatric disease. "
01/01/2014 - "Surgery and dental therapy were the most frequent risk factors for genotype 1 and intravenous drug abuse and tattooing for genotype 3. Patients with genotype 1 more frequently showed high HCV viral load when compared to those with genotypes 2 and 3. The present study revealed that HCV genotypes 1 and 2 accounted for over 95% of all HCV infections in the Campania region, and genotype 1 was more frequently associated with a higher viral load when compared to genotypes 2 and 3."
07/01/1995 - "A questionnaire covering the history of blood transfusion, surgery, intravenous drug abuse, prostitute contact, dental procedures, injection, acupuncture, tattooing, and ear-piercing was conducted among patients and control subjects. "

01/01/2005 - "The influence of intravenous drug abuse (IVDA) on hemodialysis access placement practices and access survival in HIV-infected patients is unknown. "
09/01/1984 - "Blood transfusion, substitution of coalgulation factors, parenteral drug abuse and hemodialysis represent definite high risk situations. "
12/01/2005 - "Infection of the A-C joint is uncommon, even in conditions such as immunodeficiency, renal dialysis and intravenous drug abuse which are associated with unusual joint infections, and can be differentiated from shoulder joint infection, by maximal tenderness over the A-C joint on examination, and findings of A-C joint widening, effusion, and bony erosions on imaging studies."
10/01/1997 - "These results indicate that GBV-C infection is prevalent in healthy subjects in Nepal at a frequency (2%) comparable with those in the other countries and that GBV-C transmits efficiently by intravenous drug abuse among drug addicts and by transfusion in hemodialysis patients."
12/01/1992 - "The influence of human immunodeficiency virus infection and intravenous drug abuse on complications of hemodialysis access surgery."

12/01/2015 - "Search terms consistent across databases included "patient discharge," "hospital discharge," "against medical advice," "drug user," "substance-related disorders," and "intravenous substance abuse." Studies were eligible for inclusion if they were published in a peer-reviewed journal as an original research article in English. "
12/01/2015 - "Search terms consistent across databases included "patient discharge," "hospital discharge," "against medical advice," "drug user," "substance-related disorders," and "intravenous substance abuse." Studies were eligible for inclusion if they were published in a peer-reviewed journal as an original research article in English. "

11/01/2008 - "Other predisposing factors are long-term therapy in intensive-care units (ICU), intravenous catheters, iatrogenic immunosuppression or intravenous drug abuse. "
07/01/1995 - "In most cases reported in the literature SDVT is caused by intravenous drug abuse or transvenous catheter lines. "
06/01/1991 - "Intravenous drug abuse and central venous catheters were identified as predisposing factors in 13 cases. "
03/01/2001 - "The predisposing factors for developing pulmonic valve endocarditis include a congenitally anomalous pulmonic valve, intravenous drug abuse, and the presence of indwelling intravenous or flow-directed pulmonary artery catheters. "
11/01/1991 - "Commonly associated risk factors were intravenous drug abuse, cardiac valve disease, the presence of foreign bodies (especially indwelling vascular catheters), and immunocompromised states. "