Clinical value of drugs of abuse point of care testing in an emergency department setting

摘要

class="kwd-title">Keywords: Intoxications, Drug tests, Point of care testing, Drugs of abuse class="head no_bottom_margin" id="abs0015title">AbstractObjectiveToxicology screening tests for drugs-of-abuse and therapeutic drugs in urine (TST-U) are often used to assess whether a patient’s clinical condition can be explained by the use of drugs-of-abuse (DOA) and/or therapeutic drugs. TST-U have clinical value when they support clinical decision making by influencing diagnosis and patient care. We aim to quantify the influence of TST-U results on diagnosis and patient care in an emergency department. Our secondary objective is to identify specific patients for which a TST-U is most warranted or mostly unhelpful.