Abstract
Pulmonary oedema lasting six days occurred in a 68 year old man after sniffing cocaine. He also had evidence of parenteral self-administration of heroin. Pulmonary microvascular filtration pressure and permeability were normal. Delayed resolution of the pulmonary oedema may have been caused by a cocaine-induced impairment of sodium and thus fluid transport across alveolar epithelium. Recognition may be important, since lowering filtration pressure with diuretics may not hasten resolution of oedema.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1038-40 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Thorax |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 1994 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Capillary Leak Syndrome/diagnosis
- Capillary Permeability
- Cocaine
- Gallium Radioisotopes
- Heroin
- Humans
- Intensive care unit
- Lung/diagnostic imaging
- Male
- Mechanical ventilation
- Pulmonary Edema/diagnostic imaging
- Pulmonary Edema/etiology
- Radiography
- Substance-Related Disorders/complications
- Time Factors