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Pulmonary edema in cocaine smokers.

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Hoffman, CK; Goodman, PC
Published in: Radiology
August 1989

Cocaine smoking can cause a number of medical complications. Pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax due to barotrauma have been the most common radiographic abnormalities reported in the medical literature. The hospital records of five patients with pulmonary edema who smoked cocaine just before admission were reviewed. Except for cocaine abuse no other possible cause for the pulmonary edema was found. Although chest radiographic abnormalities in these patients are uncommon, these cases are reported to inform the radiologist of this possible complication of cocaine smoking. The presence of pulmonary edema in a young, otherwise healthy patient without predisposing risk factors should alert the radiologist to the possible diagnosis of cocaine abuse.

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Published In

Radiology

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ISSN

0033-8419

Publication Date

August 1989

Volume

172

Issue

2

Start / End Page

463 / 465

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Smoking
  • Radiography
  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Lung
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cocaine
 

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Hoffman, C. K., & Goodman, P. C. (1989). Pulmonary edema in cocaine smokers. Radiology, 172(2), 463–465. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.172.2.2748827
Hoffman, C. K., and P. C. Goodman. “Pulmonary edema in cocaine smokers.Radiology 172, no. 2 (August 1989): 463–65. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.172.2.2748827.
Hoffman CK, Goodman PC. Pulmonary edema in cocaine smokers. Radiology. 1989 Aug;172(2):463–5.
Hoffman, C. K., and P. C. Goodman. “Pulmonary edema in cocaine smokers.Radiology, vol. 172, no. 2, Aug. 1989, pp. 463–65. Pubmed, doi:10.1148/radiology.172.2.2748827.
Hoffman CK, Goodman PC. Pulmonary edema in cocaine smokers. Radiology. 1989 Aug;172(2):463–465.
Journal cover image

Published In

Radiology

DOI

ISSN

0033-8419

Publication Date

August 1989

Volume

172

Issue

2

Start / End Page

463 / 465

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Smoking
  • Radiography
  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Lung
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Cocaine