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==Background== | |||
* Body packers, also called "mules", swallow or insert drug filled packets into body cavity, usually to smuggle them across borders | |||
*Packets usually made of several layers of latex and outer wax coating | |||
*Each packet contains about 10g of drug and body packers ingest between 50 to 100 drug containers at a time<ref>Booker RJ. Packers, pushers and stuffers--managing patients with concealed drugs in UK emergency departments: a clinical and medicolegal review. Emerg Med J. 2009;26(5):316-20.</ref> | |||
*Sometimes packets are inserted rectally or vaginally | |||
==Clinical Features== | |||
*Situations in which body packers present to the ED: | |||
**Asymptomatic but in custody | |||
**Signs of systemic drug toxicity from a ruptured packet | |||
**Signs of bowel obstruction or perforation | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
==Evaluation== | |||
==Management== | |||
==Disposition== | |||
==See Also== | |||
[[Ingested foreign body]] | |||
==External Links== | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 03:50, 6 May 2017
Background
- Body packers, also called "mules", swallow or insert drug filled packets into body cavity, usually to smuggle them across borders
- Packets usually made of several layers of latex and outer wax coating
- Each packet contains about 10g of drug and body packers ingest between 50 to 100 drug containers at a time[1]
- Sometimes packets are inserted rectally or vaginally
Clinical Features
- Situations in which body packers present to the ED:
- Asymptomatic but in custody
- Signs of systemic drug toxicity from a ruptured packet
- Signs of bowel obstruction or perforation
Differential Diagnosis
Evaluation
Management
Disposition
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ Booker RJ. Packers, pushers and stuffers--managing patients with concealed drugs in UK emergency departments: a clinical and medicolegal review. Emerg Med J. 2009;26(5):316-20.