Acute Illness Associated With Cannabis Use, by Route of Exposure An Observational Study
Acute Illness Associated With Cannabis Use, by Route of Exposure An Observational Study
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DOI:
10.7326/m18-2809
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发表时间:
2019-04-16
影响因子:
39.2
通讯作者:
Abbott, Diana
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作者:
Monte, Andrew A.;Shelton, Shelby K.;Abbott, Diana
Background: Little is known about the relative harms of edible and inhalable cannabis products.Objective: To describe and compare adult emergency department (ED) visits related to edible and inhaled cannabis exposure.Design: Chart review of ED visits between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2016.Setting: A large urban academic hospital in Colorado.Participants: Adults with ED visits with a cannabis-related International Classification of Diseases, Ninth or 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM), code.Measurements: Patient demographic characteristics, route of exposure, dose, symptoms, length of stay, disposition, discharge diagnoses, and attribution of visit to cannabis.Results: There were 9973 visits with an ICD-9-CM or ICD-10-CM code for cannabis use. Of these, 2567 (25.7%) visits were at least partially attributable to cannabis, and 238 of those (9.3%) were related to edible cannabis. Visits attributable to inhaled cannabis were more likely to be for cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (18.0% vs. 8.4%), and visits attributable to edible cannabis were more likely to be due to acute psychiatric symptoms (18.0% vs. 10.9%), intoxication (48% vs. 28%), and cardiovascular symptoms (8.0% vs. 3.1%). Edible products accounted for 10.7% of cannabis-attributable visits between 2014 and 2016 but represented only 0.32% of total cannabis sales in Colorado (in kilograms of tetrahydrocannabinol) during that period.Limitation: Retrospective study design, single academic center, self-reported exposure data, and limited availability of dose data.Conclusion: Visits attributable to inhaled cannabis are more frequent than those attributable to edible cannabis, although the latter is associated with more acute psychiatric visits and more ED visits than expected.