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History of injection drug use in the month preceding incarceration in Iranian prisons

Scientific Reports
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and pattern of injecting drug use (IDU) in Iranian incarcerated people one month before their imprisonment.
Mitra Darbandi, Willi McFarland, Soheil Mehmandoost, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Maliheh Sadat Bazrafshan, Naser Nasiri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Meraj Sharifi, Roya Safari Faramani, Hamid Sharifi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users: a comparison between sex workers and non-sex workers in Sydney, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2005
Background This paper examines the differences in demographics, drug use patterns and self reported risk behaviours between regular injecting drug users (IDU) who report engaging in sex work for money or drugs and regular injecting drug users who do not.
Breen Courtney, Degenhardt Louisa, Roxburgh Amanda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Settings throughout Canada and the USA continue to experience crises of overdose death due to the toxic unregulated drug supply. Injecting drugs alone limits the potential for intervention and has accounted for a significant proportion of ...
Alexa Norton, Kanna Hayashi, Cheyenne Johnson, JinCheol Choi, M-J Milloy, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring associations between perceived HCV status and injecting risk behaviors among recent initiates to injecting drug use in Glasgow

, 2008
The aim of this study was to explore the influence of testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and perceived HCV status on injecting risk behavior. A cross-sectional, community-wide survey was undertaken at multiple sites throughout Greater Glasgow during ...
Hutchinson, S.J.; id_orcid, Palmateer, N., Wadd, S., Taylor, Avril, Palmateer, Norah, Wadd, Sarah, Goldberg, David, Palmateer, Norah; id_orcid, Anderson, N., Goldberg, D.J., Hutchinson, Sharon, Anderson, Niall, Hutchinson, S.J., Taylor, A.   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Estimating the cost-effectiveness of detecting cases of chronic hepatitis C infection on reception into prison [PDF]

, 2006
Background In England and Wales where less than 1% of the population are Injecting drug users (IDUs), 97% of HCV reports are attributed to injecting drug use. As over 60% of the IDU population will have been imprisoned by the age of 30 years, prison may
Sutton, AJ, Edmunds, W. John, Edmunds, WJ, Gill, ON, Andrew J Sutton, O Noel Gill, Gill, O. N., Edmunds W John, Sutton Andrew J, Gill, O Noel, Sutton, Andrew J, Edmunds, W John, Sutton, A. J., W John Edmunds, Gill O Noel   +14 more
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The injection of methadone syrup in New South Wales: patterns of use and increased harm after partial banning of injecting equipment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objective: To describe methadone injectors and the risk practices associated with injecting methadone in New South Wales, Australia. To assess the impact on injecting drug use and risk behaviour of the withdrawal of methadone injecting equipment from ...
Max Hopwood, Erica Southgate, Susan Kippax, Gabriele Bammer, Geetha Isaac‐Toua, Margaret MacDonald   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing injecting related risks among people who inject both opioids and stimulants: Findings from an Australian survey of people who inject drugs

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2022
Background: Opioids and stimulants are the most commonly injected illicit drugs worldwide and in Australia. While some people who inject drugs (PWID) prefer either opioids or stimulants, others regularly use both opioids and stimulants. Limited available
L. Brener, T. Caruana, T. Broady, E. Cama, N. Ezard, A. Madden, C. Treloar   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognosis of Long‐Term Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and the Impact of Combined Continuous Intravenous Sodium Infusion Therapy

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Patients requiring long‐term continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) generally have poor prognoses. This study evaluated whether adding continuous intravenous sodium infusion (cIVNa) is associated with improved hemodynamics and outcomes in patients undergoing long‐term CRRT for ≥ 7 days.
Akinori Yamaguchi, Atsuyoshi Mita, Kosuke Sonoda, Makoto Harada, Koji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Imamura, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source