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A 98-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of myoclonia. The concentration of calcium and vitamin D in the serum was low. In this context, we concluded of neuromuscular irritability secondary to hypocalcaemia. The symptoms disappeared after a treatment of intravenous calcium. This case shows how important it is to investigate electrolytes in case of neuromuscular irritability symptoms in elderly people.

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Abstract: Background: Cancer/testis (CT) genes are expressed only in the germ line and certain tumors and are most frequently located on the X-chromosome (the CT-X genes). Amongst the best studied CT-X genes are those encoding several MAGE protein families. The function of MAGE proteins is not well understood, but several have been shown to potentially influence the tumorigenic phenotype. Methodology/Principal Findings: We undertook a mutational analysis of coding regions of four CT-X MAGE genes, MAGEA1, MAGEA4, MAGEC1, MAGEC2 and the ubiquitously expressed MAGEE1 in human melanoma samples. We first examined cell lines established from tumors and matching blood samples from 27 melanoma patients. We found that melanoma cell lines from 37% of patients contained at least one mutated MAGE gene. The frequency of mutations in the coding regions of individual MAGE genes varied from 3.7% for MAGEA1 and MAGEA4 to 14.8% for MAGEC2. We also examined 111 fresh melanoma samples collected from 86 patients. In this case, samples from 32% of the patients exhibited mutations in one or more MAGE genes with the frequency of mutations in individual MAGE genes ranging from 6% in MAGEA1 to 16% in MAGEC1. Significance: These results demonstrate for the first time that the MAGE gene family is frequently mutated in melanoma.

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OBJECTIVE: To calculate the variable costs involved with the process of delivering erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESA) in European dialysis practices. METHODS: A conceptual model was developed to classify the processes and sub-processes followed in the pharmacy (ordering from supplier, receiving/storing/delivering ESA to the dialysis unit), dialysis unit (dose determination, ordering, receipt, registration, storage, administration, registration) and waste disposal unit. Time and material costs were recorded. Labour costs were derived from actual local wages while material costs came from the facilities' accounting records. Activities associated with ESA administration were listed and each activity evaluated to determine if dosing frequency affected the amount of resources required. RESULTS: A total of 21 centres in 8 European countries supplied data for 142 patients (mean) per hospital (range 42-648). Patients received various ESA regimens (thrice-weekly, twice-weekly, once-weekly, once every 2 weeks and once-monthly). Administering ESA every 2 weeks, the mean costs per patient per year for each process and the estimates of the percentage reduction in costs obtainable, respectively, were: pharmacy labour (10.1 euro, 39%); dialysis unit labour (66.0 euro, 65%); dialysis unit materials (4.11 euro, 61%) and waste unit materials (0.43 euro, 49%). LIMITATION: Impact on financial costs was not measured. CONCLUSION: ESA administration has quantifiable labour and material costs which are affected by dosing frequency.

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Background: The objective of this study was to determine if mental health and substance use diagnoses were equally detected in frequent users (FUs) compared to infrequent users (IUs) of emergency departments (EDs). Methods: In a sample of 399 adult patients (>= 18 years old) admitted to a teaching hospital ED, we compared the mental health and substance use disorders diagnoses established clinically and consigned in the medical files by the ED physicians to data obtained in face-to-face research interviews using the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) and the Alcohol, Smoking and Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST). Between November 2009 and June 2010, 226 FUs (>4 visits within a year) who attended the ED were included, and 173 IUs (<= 4 visits within a year) were randomly selected from a pool of identified patients to comprise the comparison group. Results: For mental health disorders identified by the PRIME-MD, FUs were more likely than IUs to have an anxiety (34 vs. 16%, Chi2(1) = 16.74, p <0.001), depressive (47 vs. 25%, Chi2(1) = 19.11, p <0.001) or posttraumatic stress (PTSD) disorder (11 vs. 5%, Chi2(1) = 4.87, p = 0.027). Only 3/76 FUs (4%) with an anxiety disorder, 16/104 FUs (15%) with a depressive disorder and none of the 24 FUs with PTSD were detected by the ED medical staff. None of the 27 IUs with an anxiety disorder, 6/43 IUs (14%) with a depressive disorder and none of the 8 IUs with PTSD were detected. For substance use disorders identified by the ASSIST, FUs were more at risk than IUs for alcohol (24 vs. 7%, Chi2(1) = 21.12, p <0.001) and drug abuse/dependence (36 vs. 25%, Chi2(1) = 5.52, p = 0.019). Of the FUs, 14/54 (26%) using alcohol and 8/81 (10%) using drugs were detected by the ED physicians. Of the IUs, 5/12 (41%) using alcohol and none of the 43 using drugs were detected. Overall, there was no significant difference in the rate of detection of mental health and substance use disorders between FUs and IUs (Fisher's Exact Test: anxiety, p = 0.567; depression, p = 1.000; PTSD, p = 1.000; alcohol, p = 0.517; and drugs, p = 0.053). Conclusions: While the prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders was higher among FUs, the rates of detection were not significantly different for FUs vs. IUs. However, it may be that drug disorders among FUs were more likely to be detected.

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L'article publié de le cadre de cette thèse est intitulé "Effectiveness of interventions targeting frequent users of emergency departments: A systematic review." Il a été publié par les "Annals of Emergency Medicine (AEM)" en juillet 2011. Le titre en français pourrait être: "Efficacité des interventions ciblant les utilisateurs fréquents des services d'urgence: Une revue systématique." Le titre du journal américain pourrait être: "Annales de Médecine d'Urgence". Il s'agit du journal du "Collège Américain des Médecins d'Urgence", en anglais "American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)". L'article a été soumis à l'AEM en raison de l'intérêt que ses rédacteurs en chef portent pour le sujet des utilisateurs fréquents des services d'urgence, démontré depuis plus de dix ans par la publication de nombreux articles dans ce domaine. Le facteur d'impact de l'AEM est de surcroît le plus important des journaux d'urgence, assurant ainsi une large diffusion des articles publiés. Lors de sa publication, l'article a été accompagné d'un éditorial signé par le Docteur Maria C. Raven, médecin au Centre Hospitalier de Bellevue à New York, Etats-Unis.¦Contexte et enjeux¦La Direction Générale du Centre Hospitalier Vaudois (CHUV) finance, dans le cadre du plan stratégique 2009-2013, un axe "populations vulnérables". Cet axe est porté en grande partie par des projets développés au sein de la Policinlique Médicale Universitaire et l'Unité des Populations Vulnérables qui prend en charge, enseigne la prise en charge et s'interroge sur la prise en charge des personnes les plus vulnérables. C'est dans ce contexte que nous avons été amenés à réfléchir à l'existence éventuelle de marqueurs de vulnérabilité; l'utilisation fréquente des services d'urgence par certains individus constitue à n'en pas douter l'un de ces marqueurs. Il existe une importante littérature décrivant en détail ces utilisateurs fréquents des services d'urgence, raison pour laquelle nous avons décidé de faire un pas supplémentaire et de nous interroger sur l'efficacité des interventions (quelle qu'elles soient) ciblant cette population particulière. Nous avons ainsi entrepris une revue systématique de la littérature scientifique médicale et sociale pour approfondir cette question, et c'est précisément le résultat de cette recherche qui constitue ce travail de thèse.¦Conclusions et perspectives¦Les utilisateurs fréquents des services d'urgence sont des individus particulièrement vulnérables, et ce aussi bien aux Etats-Unis, qu'en Europe ou en Australie: ils présentent par exemple une mortalité supérieure aux autres utilisateurs des urgences; ils sont également plus à risque de présenter une consommation abusive d'alcool ou de drogues, une maladie mentale, ou une maladie chronique. Ils sont plus souvent sans abri, sans assurance et d'un statut socio-économique bas.¦De nombreuses interventions on été développées pour prendre en charge les utilisateurs fréquents des urgences. Le but de ces interventions est d'une part de réduire la consommation des services d'urgence et d'autre part d'améliorer la santé au sens large de ces patients vulnérables. C'est en ces termes (réduction de la fréquence d'utilisation des services d'urgence et amélioration de la santé) que l'efficacité d'une intervention est mesurée.¦Parmi l'ensemble des interventions étudiées, l'une semble particulièrement efficace pour réduire le nombre de visites aux urgences et améliorer un certain nombre de marqueurs sociaux (accès à un logement ou à une assurance-maladie). Cette intervention est appelée "case management" (ou "gestion de cas", difficile tentative de traduction de ce concept en français), et consiste en une approche multidisciplinaire (médecins, infirmiers, assistants sociaux) fournissant un service individualisé, dans le cadre de l'hôpital et souvent également dans la communauté. L'approche consiste à évaluer les besoins précis du patient, à l'accompagner dans son parcours de soin, à l'orienter si nécessaire et à mettre en place autour de lui un réseau communiquant de manière adaptée.¦Le "case management" ayant montré son efficacité dans la prise en charge des utilisateurs fréquents des services d'urgence, y-compris en termes de coûts, notre conclusion va dans le sens d'encourager les hôpitaux à évaluer l'importance de ce phénomène dans leur propre pratique et à mettre en place des équipes de prise en charge de ces patients, dans le double but de soutenir des patients particulièrement vulnérables et de réduire la consommation des services d'urgence. Suite à la réflexion suscitée par ce travail de thèse, une telle équipe a été mise en place en 2010, dans un cadre de recherche-action, au niveau du CHUV. Ce projet est dirigé par le Dr Patrick Bodenmann, responsable de l'Unité Populations Vulnérables de la Policlinique Médicale Universitaire de Lausanne. Le Dr Bodenmann est également le directeur de cette thèse et le dernier auteur de la revue systématique.

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INTRODUCTION: Mutations in the TMEM70 are the most common cause of nuclear ATP synthase deficiency resulting in a distinctive phenotype characterized by severe neonatal hypotonia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP), facial dysmorphism, severe lactic acidosis, hyperammonemia and 3-methylglutaconic aciduria (3-MGA). METHODS AND RESULTS: We collected 9 patients with genetically confirmed TMEM70 defect from 8 different families. Six were homozygous for the c.317-2A>G mutation, 2 were compound heterozygous for mutations c.317-2A>G and c.628A>C and 1 was homozygous for the novel c.701A>C mutation. Generalized hypotonia, lactic acidosis, hyperammonemia and 3-MGA were present in all since birth. Five patients presented acute respiratory distress at birth requiring intubation and ventilatory support. HCMP was detected in 5 newborns and appeared a few months later in 3 additional children. Five patients showed a severe and persistent neonatal pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) requiring Nitric Oxide (NO) and/or sildenafil administration combined in 2 cases with high-frequency oscillatory (HFO) ventilation. In 3 of these patients, echocardiography detected signs of HCMP at birth. CONCLUSIONS: PPHN is a life-threatening poorly understood condition with bad prognosis if untreated. Pulmonary hypertension has rarely been reported in mitochondrial disorders and, so far, it has been described in association with TMEM70 deficiency only in one patient. This report further expands the clinical and genetic spectrum of the syndrome indicating PPHN as a frequent and life-threatening complication regardless of the type of mutation. Moreover, in these children PPHN appears even in the absence of an overt cardiomyopathy, thus representing an early sign and a clue for diagnosis.

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BACKGROUND: Mental disorders in primary care patients are frequently associated with physical complaints that can mask the disorder. There is insufficient knowledge concerning the role of anxiety, depression, and somatoform disorders in patients presenting with physical symptoms. Our primary objective was to determine the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorders among primary care patients with a physical complaint. We also investigated the relationship between cumulated psychosocial stressors and mental disorders. METHODS: We conducted a multicentre cross-sectional study in twenty-one private practices and in one academic primary care centre in Western Switzerland. Randomly selected patients presenting with a spontaneous physical complaint were asked to complete the self-administered Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) between November 2004 and July 2005. The validated French version of the PHQ allowed the diagnosis of mental disorders (DSM-IV criteria) and the analyses of exposure to psychosocial stressors. RESULTS: There were 917 patients exhibiting at least one physical symptom included. The rate of depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorders was 20.0% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 17.4% to 22.7%), 15.5% (95% CI = 13.2% to 18.0%), and 15.1% (95% CI = 12.8% to 17.5%), respectively. Psychosocial stressors were significantly associated with mental disorders. Patients with an accumulation of psychosocial stressors were more likely to present anxiety, depression, or somatoform disorders, with an increase of 2.2 fold (95% CI = 2.0 to 2.5) for each additional stressor. CONCLUSIONS: The investigation of mental disorders and psychosocial stressors among patients with physical complaints is relevant in primary care. Psychosocial stressors should be explored as potential epidemiological causes of mental disorders.

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[This corrects the article on p. e12773 in vol. 5.].

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RAPPORT DE SYNTHÈSE Introduction En médecine de premier recours, les plaintes physiques sont fréquemment associées à des troubles dépressifs, anxieux et somatoformes et peuvent les masquer. Il est fréquemment reporté que ces troubles mentaux ont tendance à être insuffisamment diagnostiqués. Par ailleurs, peu d'études ont été conduites en médecine de premier recours concernant la possible association entre facteurs de stress psychosociaux et troubles dépressifs, anxieux et somatoformes. Objectifs Les objectifs étaient de déterminer la prévalence des troubles dépressifs, anxieux et somatoformes chez des patients consultant avec une plainte physique en médecine de premier recours, ainsi que d'explorer la possible association entre ces troubles mentaux et des facteurs de stress psychosociaux. Méthodes Nous avons conduit une étude transversale, multicentrique parmi vingt et un cabinets médicaux en Suisse Romande et la Policlinique Médicale Universitaire de Lausanne. Les sujets étaient sélectionnés aléatoirement parmi des patients qui avaient présenté spontanément au moins une plainte physique et qui avaient consulté lors d'une demi- journée de consultation considérée pour l'étude. Les patients inclus ont rempli l'auto- questionnaire Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) entre novembre 2004 et juillet 2005. Nous avons utilisé la version française et validée du PHQ qui permet le diagnostic des principaux troubles mentaux selon les critères du DSM-IV et l'analyse de l'exposition aux facteurs de stress psychosociaux. Résultats Neuf cent dix-sept patients se présentant avec au moins une plainte physique ont été inclus. Le taux de troubles dépressifs, anxieux et somatoformes a été de 20,0% (intervalle de confiance [IC] à 95% = 17,4%-22,7%), 15,5% (IC 95% = 13,2%- 18,0%) et 15,1% (IC 95% = 12,8%~17,5%), respectivement. Les facteurs de stress psychosociaux ont été significativement associés aux troubles mentaux. Les patients avec une accumulation de facteurs de stress psychosociaux ont été le plus souvent déprimés, anxieux ou ont manifesté des troubles somatoformes, avec une augmentation par un facteur 2,2 (IC 95% = 2,0-2,5) pour chaque facteur additionnel. Conclusions Bien que la relation entre facteurs de stress psychosociaux et trouble dépressif soit bien établie, cette étude montre qu'il existe un lien entre ces facteurs de stress et les troubles dépressifs, anxieux et somatoformes. L'investigation de ces troubles mentaux chez des patients consultant avec un symptôme physique en médecine de premier recours est pertinente. D'autres explorations sont nécessaires pour investiguer le bénéfice potentiel d'une prise en charge intégrée des facteurs de stress psychosociaux sur la diminution des plaintes physiques et des troubles mentaux chez les patients que suivent les médecins de premier recours.

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: Frequent users of emergency departments (EDs) are a relatively small group of vulnerable patients accounting for a disproportionally high number of ED visits. Our objective is to perform a systematic review of the type and effectiveness of interventions to reduce the number of ED visits by frequent users. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, the Cochrane Library, and ISI Web of Science for randomized controlled trials, nonrandomized controlled trials, interrupted time series, and controlled and noncontrolled before-and-after studies describing interventions targeting adult frequent users of EDs. Primary outcome of interest was the reduction in ED use. We also explored costs analyses and various clinical (alcohol and drug use, psychiatric symptoms, mortality) and social (homelessness, insurance status, social security support) outcomes. RESULTS: We included 11 studies (3 randomized controlled trials, 2 controlled and 6 noncontrolled before-and-after studies). Heterogeneity in both study designs and definitions of frequent users precluded meta-analyses of the results. The most studied intervention was case management (n=7). Only 1 of 3 randomized controlled trials showed a significant reduction in ED use compared with usual care. Six of the 8 before-and-after studies reported a significant reduction in ED use, and 1 study showed a significant increase. ED cost reductions were demonstrated in 3 studies. Social outcomes such as reduction of homelessness were favorable in 3 of 3 studies, and clinical outcomes trended toward positive results in 2 of 3 studies. CONCLUSION: Interventions targeting frequent users may reduce ED use. Case management, the most frequently described intervention, reduced ED costs and seemed to improve social and clinical outcomes. It appears to be beneficial to patients and justifiable for hospitals to implement case management for frequent users in the framework of a clear and consensual definition of frequent users and standardized outcome measures.

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OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to identify the social and medical factors associated with emergency department (ED) frequent use and to determine if frequent users were more likely to have a combination of these factors in a universal health insurance system. METHODS: This was a retrospective chart review case-control study comparing randomized samples of frequent users and nonfrequent users at the Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland. The authors defined frequent users as patients with four or more ED visits within the previous 12 months. Adult patients who visited the ED between April 2008 and March 2009 (study period) were included, and patients leaving the ED without medical discharge were excluded. For each patient, the first ED electronic record within the study period was considered for data extraction. Along with basic demographics, variables of interest included social (employment or housing status) and medical (ED primary diagnosis) characteristics. Significant social and medical factors were used to construct a logistic regression model, to determine factors associated with frequent ED use. In addition, comparison of the combination of social and medical factors was examined. RESULTS: A total of 359 of 1,591 frequent and 360 of 34,263 nonfrequent users were selected. Frequent users accounted for less than a 20th of all ED patients (4.4%), but for 12.1% of all visits (5,813 of 48,117), with a maximum of 73 ED visits. No difference in terms of age or sex occurred, but more frequent users had a nationality other than Swiss or European (n = 117 [32.6%] vs. n = 83 [23.1%], p = 0.003). Adjusted multivariate analysis showed that social and specific medical vulnerability factors most increased the risk of frequent ED use: being under guardianship (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 15.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.7 to 147.3), living closer to the ED (adjusted OR = 4.6; 95% CI = 2.8 to 7.6), being uninsured (adjusted OR = 2.5; 95% CI = 1.1 to 5.8), being unemployed or dependent on government welfare (adjusted OR = 2.1; 95% CI = 1.3 to 3.4), the number of psychiatric hospitalizations (adjusted OR = 4.6; 95% CI = 1.5 to 14.1), and the use of five or more clinical departments over 12 months (adjusted OR = 4.5; 95% CI = 2.5 to 8.1). Having two of four social factors increased the odds of frequent ED use (adjusted = OR 5.4; 95% CI = 2.9 to 9.9), and similar results were found for medical factors (adjusted OR = 7.9; 95% CI = 4.6 to 13.4). A combination of social and medical factors was markedly associated with ED frequent use, as frequent users were 10 times more likely to have three of them (on a total of eight factors; 95% CI = 5.1 to 19.6). CONCLUSIONS: Frequent users accounted for a moderate proportion of visits at the Lausanne ED. Social and medical vulnerability factors were associated with frequent ED use. In addition, frequent users were more likely to have both social and medical vulnerabilities than were other patients. Case management strategies might address the vulnerability factors of frequent users to prevent inequities in health care and related costs.

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Microsatellites are important highly polymorphic genetic markers dispersed in the human genome. Using a panel of 22 (CA)n repeat microsatellite markers mapped to recurrent breakpoint cluster regions specifically involved in leukemia, we investigated 114 adult leukemias (25 acute lymphocytic leukemia [ALL], 32 acute myeloid leukemia [AML], 36 chronic lymphocytic leukemia [CLL], and 21 chronic myeloid leukemia [CML] in chronic phase) for somatic mutations at these loci. In each patient, DNA from fresh leukemia samples was analyzed alongside normal constitutive DNA from buccal epithelium. We detected loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in 81 of 114 patients (ALL 16/25, AML 25/32, CLL 30/36, CML 10/21). Deletions were most often seen in ALL at 11q23 and 19p13; in AML at 8q22 and 11q23; in CLL at 13q14.3, 11q13, and 11q23; and in CML at 3q26. Only six deletions were reported in 74 karyotypes analyzed, whereas in these same cases, 91 LOH events were detected by microsatellites. Of 26 leukemias with a normal karyotype, 16 nevertheless showed at least one LOH by microsatellite analysis. Replication errors were found in 10 of 114 patients (8.8%). Thus, microsatellite instability is rare in leukemia in contrast to many solid tumors. Our findings suggest that in adult leukemia, LOH may be an important genetic event in addition to typical chromosomal translocations. LOH may point to the existence of tumor suppressor genes involved in leukemogenesis to a degree that has hitherto been underestimated.

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Background: The objective of this study was to determine if mental health and substance use diagnoses were equally detected in frequent users (FUs) compared to infrequent users (IUs) of emergency departments (EDs). Methods: In a sample of 399 adult patients (>= 18 years old) admitted to a teaching hospital ED, we compared the mental health and substance use disorders diagnoses established clinically and consigned in the medical files by the ED physicians to data obtained in face-to-face research interviews using the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) and the Alcohol, Smoking and Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST). Between November 2009 and June 2010, 226 FUs (>4 visits within a year) who attended the ED were included, and 173 IUs (<= 4 visits within a year) were randomly selected from a pool of identified patients to comprise the comparison group. Results: For mental health disorders identified by the PRIME-MD, FUs were more likely than IUs to have an anxiety (34 vs. 16%, Chi2(1) = 16.74, p <0.001), depressive (47 vs. 25%, Chi2(1) = 19.11, p <0.001) or posttraumatic stress (PTSD) disorder (11 vs. 5%, Chi2(1) = 4.87, p = 0.027). Only 3/76 FUs (4%) with an anxiety disorder, 16/104 FUs (15%) with a depressive disorder and none of the 24 FUs with PTSD were detected by the ED medical staff. None of the 27 IUs with an anxiety disorder, 6/43 IUs (14%) with a depressive disorder and none of the 8 IUs with PTSD were detected. For substance use disorders identified by the ASSIST, FUs were more at risk than IUs for alcohol (24 vs. 7%, Chi2(1) = 21.12, p <0.001) and drug abuse/dependence (36 vs. 25%, Chi2(1) = 5.52, p = 0.019). Of the FUs, 14/54 (26%) using alcohol and 8/81 (10%) using drugs were detected by the ED physicians. Of the IUs, 5/12 (41%) using alcohol and none of the 43 using drugs were detected. Overall, there was no significant difference in the rate of detection of mental health and substance use disorders between FUs and IUs (Fisher's Exact Test: anxiety, p = 0.567; depression, p = 1.000; PTSD, p = 1.000; alcohol, p = 0.517; and drugs, p = 0.053). Conclusions: While the prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders was higher among FUs, the rates of detection were not significantly different for FUs vs. IUs. However, it may be that drug disorders among FUs were more likely to be detected.