Pulmonary Complications of Drug Abuse

Overview

Journal West J Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1974 Jan 1

PMID 4812215

Citations 5

Authors

L S GOTTLIEB

T C Boylen

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Abstract

Complications resulting from drug abuse more frequently affect the lung than any other organ. The spectrum of pulmonary complications associated with drug abuse is wide. The current practice of using mixtures of drugs is mainly responsible for the increase in pulmonary complications. The chief complications observed in a series of 241 drug abuse patients were aspiration pneumonitis (12.9 percent), pulmonary edema (10.0 percent), and pneumonia (7.5 percent).

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