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Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage temporally related to cocaine smoking
R J Murray1, R J Albin, W Mergner
1Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
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|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
Previous reports of respiratory complications from cocaine abuse have focused on pulmonary barotrauma or a reduction in carbon monoxide diffusing capacity. We report a patient who developed life-threatening alveolar hemorrhage following repeated inhalation of alkaloid cocaine.