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Drug Abuse Among Elective Surgeries: an Observational Study.

NCT05123521 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2021-11-17

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Summary

Drug abusers and addicts form a challenge to the anesthetist because of the added potential risks involved in the administration of anesthesia to this subset of patients, including potential unforeseen drug-drug interactions. In this study, we aimed at screening all patients scheduled for elective orthopedic or general surgeries at the Cairo University Teaching Hospital during a set period of time for the most commonly abused drugs in Egypt.

Conditions

  • Drug Abuse

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

urine analysis

Urine was then tested for evidence of substance abuse using the multi-drug screen panel dip steak ABONtm (Abon Biopharm (Hangzhou) CO., Ltd) which is a lateral flow chromatographic immunoassay . It allowed for qualitative detection of multiple drugs in a single run. This kit was chosen for its ability to detect the most commonly abused substances in Egypt, namely: opioids, benzodiazepines, hashish, and tramadol. A single coloured line at region C for of a specific drug indicated a positive result, whilst two coloured lines at both regions C and T indicated a negative result. The absence of coloured lines was an indication of the invalidity of the particular kit, and the kit was discarded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hassan Ali, Md · Cairo University

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-01
Primary Completion
2019-01-28
Completion
2019-02-28

Countries

  • Egypt

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