Volume : 5, Issue : 12, December - 2016

HOW DOES BONZAI GO, KID? - ONE-YEAR EXPERIENCE

Onder Kilicaslan, Feruza Turan Sonmez

Abstract :

Introduction <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Synthetic cannabinoids are becoming increasingly popular in adolescent age group as an abused substance. Therefore, pediatricians and emergency physicians should be alert for Bonzai uses which are being more common day by day. <o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Aim<o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The aim of the study is to investigate adolescent age group cases who admitted to hospital with use of Bonzai.<o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Materials and Methods<o:p></o:p> <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Hospital database was screened for <span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">codes ‘’ <span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Bonzai<span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">drug level’’, ‘’Drug abuse’’ and ‘’Substance abuse’’. Positive reports for presence of synthetic cannabinoids ‘’<span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Bonzai<span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">’’ in urine were investigated.<span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Only pediatric age was taken include to the study.<span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Demographic features as number of patients, gender, mean of age and seasonal distribution were determined. <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Results<o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">245 patients between 13- 18 years of age were suspected for substance abuse and were investigated for, during 2015. In 51 of them Bonzai was detected meantime. One of the cases needed intensive care unit admission. Most admission was in Fall and Summer. The youngest case positive for Bonzai was 14 years old.<o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Discussion<o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">One of 7 adolescent suspected for substance abuse was found to use Bonzai. Considering that this is only a meantime detection, and there is always possibility that ‘’other time’’ users’ number is greater, this is an alert result. Summer time and school time period is most dangerous for Bonzai spread.<o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Conclusion<o:p></o:p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(46, 46, 46); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Substance of abuse can cause potentially serious health care conditions that necessitate emergency evaluation or may result in death. The widespread use of Bonzai among the youth should alert governments.<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p></o:p>

Keywords :

Synthetic cannabinoids frequency bonsai risk population abuse adolescent

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Onder KILICASLAN, Feruza TURAN SONMEZ, HOW DOES BONZAI GO, KID?‾ONE-YEAR EXPERIENCE, Global Journal For Research Analysis,Volume : 5 | Issue : 12 | December 2016