Bakhshi, S and O'Mahony, S and McGorrian, C (2026) Recreational nitrous oxide use: a growing trend with unintended consequences. Irish Medical Journal, 119, (4), p. 65.
External website: https://imj.ie/recreational-nitrous-oxide-use-a-gr...
Aims: to describe the incidence, demographic profile, and clinical characteristics of hospital admissions related to nitrous oxide (NO) misuse in the Republic of Ireland, and to compare these findings with international trends.
Results: Sixty-three discharges were identified over four years, representing a more than four-fold increase in quarterly admissions when comparing Q1 2020 with Q4 2023....
B Substances > Inhalants and solvents > Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Nervous system physiology (brain, neural)
G Health and disease > State of health > Physical health
G Health and disease > Neurological condition / disease (nervous system, brain)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Hospital
T Demographic characteristics > Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)
T Demographic characteristics > Young adult
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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