Case reports: cocaine-associated accelerated hypertension and renal failure.
These are two cases of cocaine abuse with the following previously unreported cocaine-associated features: 1) biopsy-proven accelerated/malignant hypertension, 2) association of cocaine with persistent hypertension, and 3) renal failure with rapid progression to end-stage renal disease that did not reverse following blood pressure control.
Thakur
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Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Godley
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Weed
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Cook
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Hoffman
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003042:Cocaine / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
D003042:Cocaine