McCarthy, E. and McClain, E. (2019) Methamphetamine-Induced Lung Injury. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6 (6). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Methamphetamine is a substance of abuse that is most commonly smoked. Both regular and non-regular use can cause toxic injury to the lung parenchyma, the signs and symptoms of which are non-specific. Clinical scenarios include non-cardiac pulmonary oedema, acute respiratory distress syndrome, alveolar haemorrhage, pneumonia and pneumoconiosis. As radiological imaging is often non-specific, a positive history of methamphetamine use is the only way to reach a definite diagnosis. The use of methamphetamine is now increasing in Europe, so it is important as physicians to be aware of this differential diagnosis in patients in respiratory distress with risk factors for illicit drug use.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Methamphetamine-induced lung injury |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Lorenzo Sgro |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2020 15:26 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2020 15:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19480 |
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