Cocaine-induced fatal acute eosinophilic pneumonia: A case report

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-95

  McCormick, Michael ^a   Nelson, Todd ^a,b  

^a Holy Family Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; COCAINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MALE; QRS COMPLEX; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COCAINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 34247143639     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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