Drug abuse-related accidents

• During the study period, a total of 166 patients visited the EDs of one of the two study hospitals due to drug abuse-related accidents.
•  Opioids (41.1%) were the drugs most commonly abused by the patients, followed by benzodiazepines (32.1%).
• More than two-thirds of the patients (n=38, 67.9%) required hospitalization, and three patients died (5.4%).

Drug abuse-related accidents leading to emergency department visits at two medical centers.

J Chin Med Assoc. 2012 May;75(5):234-9. Epub 2012 Apr 28.