title: Intravenous cocaine abuse and subarachnoid haemorrhage: effect on outcome.
abstract: A retrospective study of subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with intravenous cocaine injection was undertaken in a large urban hospital. Patients who used intravenous cocaine had significantly poorer outcomes when compared with subarachnoid haemorrhage patients with no known exposure to the drug.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cech
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine