CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF APATIENT –DRUG COURIER WITH ACUTE POISONING BY HEROIN

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A clinical observation of a patient, a drug courier. smuggling heroin in containers in gastric cavity is described. He was admitted to a multi-field hospital in consequence of acute poisoning. The acute poisoning resulted from a spontaneous violation of the container and outpouring of its content into the gastric cavity. At hospital, diagnostics and a combined treatment including surgical intervention and detoxification were carried out. Results of clinical, laboratory and instrumental investigations as well as treatment outcome are reported.

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V. V. Shilov

I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University

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195015, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

V. A. Lukin

I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care

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192242, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

V. E. Savello

I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care

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192242, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

A. M. Antonova

I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care

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192242, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

L. P. Pivovarova

I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care

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192242, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

I. V. Osipova

I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care

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192242, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

A. V. Rikova

I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care

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192242, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

S. S. Gaiduk

I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Care

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192242, St. Petersburg Russian Federation

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Copyright (c) 2016 Shilov V.V., Lukin V.A., Savello V.E., Antonova A.M., Pivovarova L.P., Osipova I.V., Rikova A.V., Gaiduk S.S.



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