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.