The large spectrum of pulmonary complications following illicit drug use: Features and mechanisms

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 444-451

  Mégarbane, Bruno ^a,b   Chevillard, Lucie ^b  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b UMR S 1144   (France)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Cocaine; Drug of abuse; Heroin; Marijuana; Pulmonary complication

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; IODINE; TALC;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG IMPURITY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS PNEUMONIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; NONCARDIOGENIC LUNG EDEMA; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; THORAX PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT IRRITATION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; COCAINE; DRUG OF ABUSE; HEROIN; MARIJUANA; PULMONARY COMPLICATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRACK COCAINE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG INJURY; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84890123577     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: 18727786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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