The diagnostic concordance of DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and ICD-10 inhalant use disorders was assessed using the sample of lifetime inhalant users (n=76) participating in the DSM-IV Field Trial for Substance Use Disorders. Substantially smaller proportions of lifetime inhalant users met DSM-IV inhala...
Substance useHeroinPrescription opioidsMethamphetamineCocaineElectronic health recordsDiagnostic codesSurveillanceBackground Understanding whether International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes can be used to accurately detect substance use can inform their use in ...
Wound botulism has been reported among chronic drug abusers (primarily in dermal abscesses from subcutaneous injection of heroin and also from sinusitis in cocaine "sniffers"). Intestinal botulism arises from ingestion of botulinum spores that then germinate in the colon, rather than by ingestion of...