Abstract
Introduction: Nowadays, drug addiction has increased especially among young people.
Aim: To study demographic and clinical profile of patients with drug addiction.
Method: A retrospective and descriptive study included drug addicted patients hospitalized in the Pneumology department of Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis from January 2020 to January 2022.
Results: Among 1058 patients hospitalized for respiratory diseases, 35 patients (3.3%) were drug addicted with a male predominance (34 men and one woman). The average age was 36 ± 11 years [18-68 years]. Three patients were married, and three patients had unprotected intercourse. All patients had poor to moderate economic states and 6 were jobless. Nine patients (25%) were incarcerated.
Tabacco smoking was commun and 17 patients (48%) were chronic alcohol misuse patients.
Cannabis was the most frequent drug (74%), followed by cocaine (20%), subutex (buprenorphine) 14% and other substances 2% (Ecstasy, LSD, artane (anticholinergiceffect), amphetamine and hallucinogenic mushroom). Seven patients were addict to several drugs.
Drug consumed was in inhaled form (83%), injection form (28%) and oral form (8%).
At the moment of hospitalisation, 10 patients (28%) had already stopped using drugs.
Respiratory pathologies retained were pulmonary tuberculosis in 44%, pneumothorax in 38%, pneumonia in 9% and lung cancer in 6%.
Conclusion: Drug addiction has become a risk factor for respiratory diseases especially tuberculosis and pneumothorax.
Footnotes
Cite this article as Eur Respir J 2022; 60: Suppl. 66, 2502.
This article was presented at the 2022 ERS International Congress, in session “-”.
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