Cocaine Intoxication

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-526

  Zimmerman, Janice L ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Cocaine; Hyperthermia; Intracranial hemorrhage; Rhabdomyolysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPIN 2 ONE DERIVATIVE; BENZOYLECGONINE; BICARBONATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOPAMINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; ELECTROLYTE; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCEROL 1,2 DINITRATE; HALOPERIDOL; HEPARIN; HOMOCOCAINE; LABETALOL; LEVAMISOLE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NICARDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGITATION; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANESTHESIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISSECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COCAINE INTOXICATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLOID; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPHORESIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPILEPTIC STATE; EUPHORIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTOXICATION; INTRINSIC SYMPATHOMIMETIC ACTIVITY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG TOXICITY; MANIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYDRIASIS; MYOGLOBINURIA; PARANOIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COCAINE; DRUG OVERDOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84866489480     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2012.07.003     Document Type: Review

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