The pulmonary pathology of illicit drug and substance abuse

Current Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 413-426

  Tomashefski Jr , J F ^a   Felo, J A ^b  

^a 44109 1998 ^*  (United States)

^b Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drug abuse; Foreign body emboli; Heroin; Marijuana; Pulmonary pathology; Tablet filler substances

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINOREX; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; CROSPOVIDONE; DIAMORPHINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYDROMORPHONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PENTAZOCINE; PROTEIN P53; STARCH; TALC; TRIPELENNAMINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPERGILLUS; ASPIRATION; ASTHMA; BAROTRAUMA; BASAL CELL; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CRYSTAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DYSPNEA; FLOWER; GIANT CELL; GOBLET CELL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INJURY; MUCOR; MYCELIUM; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PLOIDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VASOCONSTRICTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3342990193     PISSN: 09686053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdip.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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