heroin and Pulmonary-Fibrosis

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: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Duodenal Ulcer; Female; Heart Failure; Heroin; Humans; Jaundice; Male; Maryland; Middle Aged; Neurotic Disorders; Pneumonia; Pulmonary Edema; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Radiography; Sarcoidosis; Substance-Related Disorders; Tetanus