Acute rhabdomyolysis associated with cocaine intoxication: a case report.
Over thirty million Americans are estimated to have tried cocaine at least once and 5 million use it on a regular basis. Recent media attention to the widespread use of cocaine has revealed the growing life-threatening complications that accompany its use. The effects of cocaine on the cardiovascular, pulmonary and central nervous system have been well-described in medical literature, but the complications of acute renal failure secondary to cocaine-induced rhabdomyolysis only recently have been addressed. Presented in this article is a case involving cocaine-induced acute renal failure.
Wholey
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University of Hawaii Residency Program, Honolulu 96817.
Ogasawara
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Ramadan
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000209:etiology*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
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