RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The pulmonary effects of free-base cocaine: a review JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO Cleve Clin J Med FD Cleveland Clinic SP 325 OP 329 VO 60 IS 4 A1 Meisels, Ira S. A1 Loke, Jacob YR 1993 UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/60/4/325.abstract 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.