Cocaine Abuse Cases

CASE STUDIES 7-25-00
SEVEN CASE STUDIES OF PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE they are also doing cocaine if it hasn’t been mentioned anywhere in the case. Most of the cases will begin with the patient or client showing up at the clinic. … Access Content

A Case Of Mutism Subsequent To Cocaine Abuse
Usually, in these cases, the event is temporary and limited to the period of the intoxication. Mutism Subsequent to Cocaine Abuse 111 caine can produce a chronic decrease in brain perfusion, … Retrieve Document

Palatal Perforations Secondary To Inhaled cocaine abuse …
Perforations caused by cocaine abuse who do not wish to undergo surgery, in those cases where the cost / benefit ratio is not favorable, in patients who cannot or do not … Fetch Document

Drug Abuse In Miami And South Florida
Heroin was the sole drug of abuse (with or without alcohol) in 40 percent of the heroin BGMC ED cases, and cocaine was a coexposure in 30 percent; heroin … Fetch Document

Recurrent Embolic Stroke And Cocaine-Related Cardiomyopathy
Increase in cocaine abuse in this nation, an increasing number of cases of stroke temporally related to cocaine use have been reported. 1 Cocaine … Access Content

Vol. 161, 1817–1818, June 1999 HE OURNAL OF ROLOGY …
Conclusions: It appears that cocaine can be a cause of refractory priapism and treatment can be challenging. We suggest that urine toxicology screening be considered in such cases. The identification of underlying cocaine abuse is important in preventing priapism recurrence in … Get Doc

Vascular Lesions In Intestinal Ischemia Induced By Cocaine …
Intestinal ischemia, or gangrene, is one of the rare adverse effects of cocaine abuse [6]. To date, only three cases have been reported: two associated with ingestion [4], and … Access This Document

Heroin abuse: Relationship To Other abused Drugs In The Gaza …
Alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and sedative- hypnotic. As the Intifada raised. It was observed that the number of hard substance abuse cases dropped dramatically . … Return Document

Unexplained Sudden Death And The Likelihood Of Drug Abuse
Hinders detection of cocaine, decomposition, if present, would ar-ti?cially lower the risk odds ratio, and thus our ?nding that drug abuse is more likely in cases where death is undetermined would … Content Retrieval

DATA SUPPORTING THE VALIDITY OF DSM-IV AND DSM-IV-TR …
Dependence diagnoses for both alcohol and cocaine are distinct from abuse, and individuals meeting the dependence diagnoses can be readily discriminated form abuse cases, … Return Document

Drug Abuse In Miami-Dade County, Florida: 2008
Cited substance (excluding alcohol-only) among all local DAWN ED cases for 2008 with 34 per-cent of the 9,958 cases for any illicit drug or medication including a cocaine report down from 43 percent in 2007. Among 5,995 major substances of abuse (excluding alcohol), cocaine repre- … Read Full Source

Case Reports
Demonstrated pathologically in two additional cases with multiple drug abuse, including cocaine and methamphetamines. 4-5 We present a case of histolog … Read Content

The Forensic Application Of Testing Hair For Drugs Of Abuse
Hair is tested for cocaine and its major metabolite benzoylecgonine using mass spectrometry for the determination of cocaine abuse. Both compounds have been detected in the majority of cases. … Retrieve Doc

Two Cases Of Eruptive Pyoderma Gangrenosum Associated With …
Most serious cases occur when there is intravenous cocaine use and are accompanied by systemic symptoms of fever Cocaine abuse and connective tissue disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1984;10:525. … Access Full Source

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Changes In Emergency Consultations Related …
Tients is higher if they are consumers of cocaine or amphetamines21. In a very high number of cases (72.4%), co-caine was used with other abuse drugs which … Access Doc