No abstract available.
Hallucinogens* ; Narcotics*

Investigating qualitative process of amphetamines in the narcotic sample gathered from narcotic drug cases in South cities and provinces by the color reactions, the thin layer chromatography or the gas chromatography. Result: most of amphetamines were under tablet form and a small number of them under powder or crystal form. Outside features was basic to test tablet and orientation for analysis. Methamphetamine content in S3, S5, S7, and S8 were relatively low (5.14-30.26mg/tablet). Methamphetamines content in S1 was high (64.46%). MDMA content in S2, S4, S6, S9, and S10 were relatively high (93.74-149.70mg/tablet). Application gas chromatography in quantification methamphetamine, MDMA that were agents commonly used in unlawful market in South provinces
Amphetamine ; Narcotics

No abstract available.
Classification* ; Hallucinogens* ; Narcotics* ; Pharmacology*

No abstract available.
Epidemiology* ; Hallucinogens* ; Narcotics*

Analgesia* ; Morphine* ; Narcotics

Investigating 103 intoxicated patients admitted to our dep. Reanimation and Emergency from 1st Jan1998 to 31stNov 1999, we remarked almost were males, aged between 16-30 years. Main drugs using were opium or opium residue by intravenous use. The frequent symptoms of acute drug poisoning were miotic 100%, coma status 79.61%, respiratory arrest 66.99%, and bradycardia 41.75%. Positive HIV in 12 persons (11.56%). Narcotic poisoning was severe. Early, active, appropriate treatments rapidly eliminated poisoning status after 1-3 hours with the death rate of 6.8%.
Narcotics ; Poisoning ; therapy ; emergencies

At the emergency Department of Thanh Nhan Hospital from Jan 1998 to Nov 1999, 103 cases (95.15% male and 86.41% aged 16-30) of acute intoxication of drug were studied, 7.67% subjects originated from Ha Noi and 22.33% from different provinces. The rate of urban origin accounts for 85.44%, rural 14.56%. In the year 1999, acute drug intoxicated subjects who admitted to this hospital were 1.71 times higher versus the year 1998, and the most common number concentrated on the months 8, 7, 3, 2, 11, 10. Labourers without permanent jobs occupy 8.58%, student 10.68% of the total subject. 94.18% of case had an addictive duration above 1 year, 85.44% using venous injectable opium and its decant, 14.56% using inhaled heroin
Narcotics ; Poisoning ; Heroin

No abstract available.
Information Management* ; Narcotics*

1. A short-acting barbiturate and narcotic, in the form of seconal and morphine in combination with the usual local infiltration anesthesia, has been found to render painless such short lasting operations as elective appendectomies2. This anesthetic regime was employed in 890 elective appendectomies, including 285 acute cases, and it was found successful except in four cases3. Timing is very important in giving the preoperative sedation and narcosis, and the beginning of the operation4. Seconal, 2 capsules, should be given one hour before; and morphine sulfate gr. 1/4, 30 minutes prior to the operation5. It has been observed that, with this regime, the patients are brought to the operating room, operated on, and taken back to the ward, either fast asleep or half asleep, but all of them have remarked that the operation was painless. (Summary)
Appendectomy, Barbiturates, Narcotics, Morphine

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to compare the levels of pain intensity and pain relief between cancer patients and nursing records, and to compare the barriers to pain control between cancer patients and their nurses. METHODS: Data were collected from 90 cancer patients who were admitted to three oncology wards and 90 oncology nurses in the same three wards at C University Hospital in G City from July to September, 2012. RESULTS: The most severe pain intensity reported by cancer patients was 6.59 points on the first day of analgesic treatment, while that of their nursing records was 3.98 points on the first day. There were significant changes in pain intensity over time between two groups (F=142.07, p<.001). The highest level of pain relief reported by patients was 2.87 points on the third day, while that of nursing records was 1.67 points on the first day. The score for the social system area of barriers to pain control among the nurses was higher than that of cancer patients (t=-3.69, p=.021). CONCLUSION: Nurses need to frequently check and to be sensitive to cancer pain. Furthermore, the administrative procedures of narcotic analgesics need to be simplified.
Comprehension ; Humans ; Narcotics ; Nursing Records