heroin and Pneumonia--Aspiration

Topics: Amines; Amitriptyline; Beclomethasone; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Heroin; Humans; Hydantoins; Lung Diseases; Methadone; Naloxone; Oxazoles; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Respiratory Therapy; Sulfasalazine; Ventilators, Mechanical

Topics: Adult; Diagnosis, Differential; Drug Overdose; Heroin; Humans; Male; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Pulmonary Edema; Radiography

Topics: Acute Kidney Injury; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Electrocardiography; Female; Fetal Diseases; Fetus; Heart Diseases; Hepatitis A; Heroin; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Injections, Intramuscular; Injections, Intravenous; Injections, Subcutaneous; Lung Diseases; Male; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Methods; Neurologic Manifestations; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Pregnancy; Pulmonary Edema; Pulmonary Embolism; Respiratory Insufficiency; Skin Diseases

Complications resulting from drug abuse more frequently affect the lung than any other organ. The spectrum of pulmonary complications associated with drug abuse is wide. The current practice of using mixtures of drugs is mainly responsible for the increase in pulmonary complications. The chief complications observed in a series of 241 drug abuse patients were aspiration pneumonitis (12.9 percent), pulmonary edema (10.0 percent), and pneumonia (7.5 percent).

Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Barbiturates; Cannabis; Cocaine; Coma; Female; Heroin; Humans; Lung Abscess; Lung Diseases; Male; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Pulmonary Atelectasis; Pulmonary Edema; Pulmonary Embolism; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Substance-Related Disorders

Topics: Aneurysm, Infected; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Cardiomegaly; Edema; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Hand; Heroin; Humans; Injections, Intra-Arterial; Injections, Intravenous; Ischemia; Lung Diseases; Lymphadenitis; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Pulmonary Edema; Pulmonary Embolism; Substance-Related Disorders; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; Vascular Diseases; Venous Insufficiency

Topics: Adolescent; Atrial Fibrillation; Blood Gas Analysis; Blood Pressure; Female; Heroin; Humans; Hypoxia; Intubation, Intratracheal; Levallorphan; Male; Nalorphine; Naloxone; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Positive-Pressure Respiration; Pulmonary Edema; Pupil; Respiration; Substance-Related Disorders

Topics: Adult; Bronchi; Bronchiectasis; Female; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Heroin; Humans; Lung; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Pulmonary Edema; Trachea

Topics: Adult; Aneurysm; Aneurysm, Infected; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Female; Heroin; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Injections, Intravenous; Lung Diseases; Male; Methylphenidate; Middle Aged; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Pulmonary Edema; Pulmonary Embolism; Radiography; Substance-Related Disorders; Thrombophlebitis; Thrombosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; Vascular Diseases