title: Cocaine and sudden death.
abstract: Victims of cocaine are seen increasingly often in physicians' offices and emergency departments. Sudden death in previously healthy individuals may be due to massive overdose. As law enforcement becomes more active in the pursuit of drug dealers, "body stuffing"--the ingestion of large quantities of cocaine or other drugs in a panic situation to avoid arrest--is occurring more frequently.
authors: Norwalk Hospital, Connecticut.
authors: M W
authors: MW
authors: Garber
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Flaherty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine / Q000506:poisoning*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine