Emergency department management of body packers and body stuffers

Emergency department management of body packers and body stuffers

Trafficking and sale of narcotics frequently involves the intra-abdominal transport of large quantities of drugs, usually cocaine or heroin (“body packing”), or, when there is a risk of being arrested, the oral ingestion of minor quantities of narcotics dedicated for immediate resale (“body stuffi...

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Main Authors: Liv Maier, Lionel Trueb, Sabine Schmidt, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Olivier Hugli, Eric Heymann, Bertrand Yersin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2017-09-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
Subjects:
body packers
body stuffers
drug intoxication
Drug trafficking
Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2362

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