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  • Title: Drugs detected in patients suspected of acute intoxication.
    Author: Baskin LB, Morgan DL.
    Journal: Tex Med; 1997 Sep; 93(9):50-8. PubMed ID: 9754396.
    Abstract:
    Drug screens were performed for 434 adult patients who presented to the Parkland Memorial Hospital Emergency Department with suspected acute drug overdose. The screening consisted of analysis of urine by automated high performance liquid chromatography (REMEDi) in combination with qualitative EMIT immunoassays. Selected patients also had ethanol measured in blood, salicylate and acetaminophen measured in serum, and urine specimens analyzed qualitatively for cannabinoids. Most patients (83.4%), regardless of age, race, or gender, had evidence of consumption of at least one drug. The drugs detected most often were ethanol (30.0%) and cocaine (23.7%). At least one of the nine most common drugs-of-abuse (amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cannabinoids, cocaine, ethanol, opiates, opioids, and phencyclidine) was detected in 64.5% of the specimens, and combinations of these drugs were present in 45.4%. For most drugs, age, gender, ethnicity, time of day, day of week, and indication for screening could not be used to predict the drug screen result.
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