[Acute respiratory problems and cocaine or heroine smoking].
BACKGROUND
To explore if cocaine or heroin smoking was positively associated to acute respiratory complications (ARC).


METHODS
We collected data from medical records for 717 cocaine users who were attended in 14 hospital emergency rooms. The association was studied by logistic regression.


RESULTS
The most frequent ARC were respiratory infections and complications with chest pain or dyspnea. Cocaine smokers (OR = 3.3; CI 95% = 1.5-6.9) and cocaine sniffers (OR = 2.5; CI 95% = 1.1-5.6) had greater risk of ARC than cocaine injectors. Heroin smokers (OR = 3.5; COI 95% = 1.8-7.0) and heroin sniffers (OR = 2.8; CI 95% = 1.4-5.6) had greater risk of ARC than non heroin users.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that cocaine or heroin smoking increases the risk of ARC.
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Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003932:Heroin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*
D003932:Heroin; D003042:Cocaine
Problemas respiratorios agudos y uso de cocaína o heroína por vía pulmonar.