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Apnea and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Caused by Cocaine and Heroin Use: A Case Report
Gideon Logan1, Ernesto Robalino2, Tracy MacIntosh1
1University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Orlando, Florida.
Introduction:
Drug overdose represents a growing reason for emergency department visits and hospitalizations in the United States. Co-ingestion of multiple substances is also on the rise, and toxidromes can be seen from any of multiple drugs in a single patient.
Case Report:
We present a case of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage secondary to cocaine abuse in a patient who was apneic and unresponsive after heroin overdose. The patient responded to supportive care and was discharged with complete return to physical and mental baseline.
Conclusion:
Clinicians must be vigilant for any number of concomitant toxidromes when a patient is brought in with complications following drug overdose.
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