Objectives: In 2008, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released guidelines for the management of cocaine-induced myocardial infarction (CIMI). We hypothesized that CIMI patients are likely to receive less invasive and more conservative management than patients with MI without history of cocaine use. Methods: We conducted…
Abstract:We report three sickle cell patients with recent cocaine abuse who presented with typical symptoms of vaso-occlusion rapidly progressing to major organ dysfunction. Our experience suggests cocaine abuse is a risk factor for major complications of a sickle cell painful episode. Enhanced clinical and laboratory surveillance for organ dysfunction is…
A case of a uterine rupture in a grand multiparous patient with an unscarred uterus at 19 weeks’ gestation secondary to placenta increta and cocaine abuse is presented. This was a diagnostically difficult case where abnormal implantation of the placenta, grand multiparity, and cocaine abuse were all contributors to the…
The use of cocaine has become largely obsolete in modern medical practice; however, it is still used by otolaryngologists for topical anesthesia in head and neck surgeries. We present the case of a 68-year-old woman who developed a myocardial infarction after the use of topical cocaine during nasal sinus surgery,…
Cocaine abuse kills thousands every year. Preexisting coronary artery disease appears to account for many of the deaths, but often the mechanism is much more complex. There exists a widely held but utterly mistaken notion that cocaine-related deaths are due to drug overdose. Except in the case of drug couriers…
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