title: Recreational drug users in the ICU: a review.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine why patients who use recreational drugs which depress the central nervous system might experience such severe difficulties that they require an admission to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The specific problems each substance may cause will be examined, as will the problems common to all. In conclusion, there is a brief discussion of some of the social, educational and management issues that drug victims present.
authors.affiliation: Edge Hill University College, Aintree Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs