Post-operative pulmonary edema in a former cocaine addict.
Pulmonary edema can be a complication of acute cocaine abuse. However, no one has ever reported pulmonary edema in a patient who stopped abusing the drug 2 weeks before surgery. This is a report of such a case.
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Ohio Air National Guard, 164th Airlift Squadron, Mansfield.
D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
D003042:Cocaine