PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Meisels, Ira S. AU - Loke, Jacob TI - The pulmonary effects of free-base cocaine: a review DP - 1993 Jul 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 325--329 VI - 60 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/60/4/325.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/60/4/325.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med1993 Jul 01; 60 AB - The number of people smoking free-base cocaine, or "crack," has increased dramatically in recent years. Concomitantly, the literature describing complications of such use has grown as well. Adverse pulmonary effects are being increasingly noted, such as respiratory symptoms, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary edema, asthma, and pulmonary barotrauma. These and other pulmonary effects are reviewed.