Abstract

PEREIRA, Gabriela Botelho; SILVEIRA, Karine Langmantel; BORGES, Carla Luciane dos Santos  and  OLIVEIRA, Michele Mandagará de. Clinical characteristics of drug users hospitalized in an intensive care unit. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.2, pp. 34-41. ISSN 1806-6976.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2020.158506.

OBJECTIVE: to describe causes of hospitalization and comorbidities of patients diagnosed with substance abuse / dependence admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. METHOD: retrospective, descriptive-exploratory, cross-sectional and quantitative study. RESULTS: a total of 865 medical records were analyzed between 2012 and 2015. The prevalence of substance use was 51.9%, of these 22% of total alcohol users and 48.7% tobacco. Among the users with diagnosed dependence, the main causes of hospitalization were Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (100%) and digestive hemorrhage (84%) and most patients presented more than one comorbidity simultaneously. CONCLUSION: the results showed numerous causes of hospitalization and comorbidities that demonstrated the physical and mental impairment that may be related to excessive consumption of psychoactive substances.

Keywords : Substance-Related Disorders; Drug Users; Intensive Care Unit; Comorbidities.

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