RT Book, Section
A1 Bernstein, Edward
A1 Bernstein, Judith A.
A1 Weiner, Scott G.
A1 D'Onofrio, Gail
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121519342
T1 Substance Use Disorders
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121519342
RD 2024/09/14
AB In  EDs  around  the  world,  on  every  shift,  patients  present  for  medical  conditions  related  to  the  consequences  of  unhealthy  drinking  or  drug  use.  Sometimes  the  cause  of  the  presenting  problem  is  obvious,  but  just  as  often,  the  connection  of  substance  use  with  its  medical  consequences  remains  undiscovered.  Emergency  physicians  are  experts  in  stabilization,  rapid  diagnosis,  and  treatment  of  acute  alcohol  and  drug  emergencies  and  their  secondary  complications  but  often  fail  to  identify  and  discuss  drinking  and  drug  use  as  a  component  of  medical  care.  Factors  that  often  accompany  unhealthy  alcohol  and  drug  use,  such  as  psychiatric  illness,  trauma,  homelessness,  low  level  of  health  literacy,  inability  to  pay  for  medications,  criminal  justice  involvement,  absence  of  family  support,  and  limited  availability  of  treatment  and  recovery  support  services,  make  patient  management  and  disposition  difficult.