Screening urine for drugs of abuse in the emergency department: Do test results affect physicians' patient care decisions?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-111

  Eisen, Jeffrey S ^a   Sivilotti, Marco L A ^a   Boyd, Kirsty U ^a   Barton, Douglas G ^a   Fortier, Christopher J ^b   Collier, Christine P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Emergency service, hospital; Substance abuse detection

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; METHADONE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERVIEW; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 18244395550     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009064     Document Type: Article

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