More than 1 out of every 10 patients who land in an ICU with a potentially deadly heart emergency test positive for recreational drug use, a new French study reports.
, 13.5% had heart failure, 6.5% had developed an abnormal heart rhythm, 5.5% had problems with their heart's electrical activity, and 5% had inflammation of the heart muscle.
“That, to me, is a little bit alarming,” said Page, who wasn't involved in the study. “Patients need to realize that providers are really there not to judge them, but to treat them.”
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