title: Post-operative pulmonary edema in a former cocaine addict.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ohio Air National Guard, 164th Airlift Squadron, Mansfield.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Bloomfield
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine