Table A4.
Level of your knowledge (please mark the right statement).
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| D1. Since 2010, several countries have experienced an increasing prevalence of N2O abuse. | True | False | Do not know |
| D2. N2O abuse is usually identified through urinary biomarkers. | True | False | Do not know |
| D3. The number of reported N2O poisonings in countries such as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom has increased more than 10 times in the last 10 years. | True | False | Do not know |
| D4. Abuse of N2O through use of cartridges and canisters can cause lung barotrauma. | True | False | Do not know |
| D5. Inhalation of N2O can be associated with frost bite of the respiratory airways, mouth, and lips. | True | False | Do not know |
| D6. Upon inhalation, N2O has a latency of around 10 min. | True | False | Do not know |
| D7. Chronic side effects are usually severe and long-lasting. | True | False | Do not know |
| D8. Abuse of N2O does impair the body balance and driving ability. | True | False | Do not know |
| D9. Lung barotrauma is the main cause of death following abuse of N2O. | True | False | Do not know |
| D10. N2O irreversibly inactivates vitamin B12. | True | False | Do not know |
| D11. N2O causes sedation. | True | False | Do not know |
| D12. In cases of chronic toxicity from N2O abuse, most patients complain of sensorimotor symptoms. | True | False | Do not know |
| D13. Chronic N2O abuse is associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. | True | False | Do not know |
| D14. Complications associated with chronic N2O abuse are at least partially reversible through a prompt diagnosis. | True | False | Do not know |
| D15. Recreational abuse of N2O is more frequently reported among individuals aged > 25 years than among 15- to 24 year-old subjects. | True | False | Do not know |
| D16. In the last decades, the recreational abuse of N2O among high school students from Northern European countries and France had a lifetime prevalence ranging between… | 1% to 5% 6% to 15% 16% to 25% 26% to 35% Do not know |
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| D17. Chronic abuse of N2O is frequently associated with magnetic resonance imaging anomalies of the… | Cerebral cortex Brainstem Spinal cord, cervical tract Spinal cord, thoracic tract Do not know |
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| D18. Symptoms associated with chronic abuse of N2O can be enhanced by… | Surgery of the esophagus Surgery of the stomach and biliary system Surgery of liver and pancreas Surgery of small bowel and large bowel |
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| D19. Symptoms associated with chronic abuse of N2O can be enhanced by pregnancy. | True | False | Do Not know |
| D20. Paresthesia associated with chronic N2O abuse is usually described as… | Distal (“sock”) Proximal (“glove”) Glove and sock, bilateral and symmetrical Glove and sock, unilateral and/or asymmetrical |
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