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.