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Patients with cocaine toxicity should receive initial evaluation and stabilization, including attention to ABCs, oxygen, intravenous access, and cardiac and pulse oximetry monitoring.
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8 Ιουν 2023 · Cocaine abuse is a major worldwide health problem. Patients with acute cocaine toxicity may require urgent treatment for tachycardia, dysrhythmia, hypertension, and coronary vasospasm in order to prevent pathological sequelae such as acute coronary syndrome, stroke, and death.
13 Οκτ 2023 · This topic review will discuss the basic pharmacology, clinical presentation, and management of acute cocaine intoxication. Treatment for chronic cocaine abuse, general management of acute drug overdose, and other aspects of drug abuse are discussed elsewhere.
cal pictures with important consequences for treatment. In this review we describe four cases of patients who visit the ED because of a cocaine intoxication, wi. h several different complications and co-intoxications. After some background information and a review of the literature about cocaine, we advise on the do’.
19 Μαρ 2024 · Prehospital management of cocaine toxicity is based on timely recognition of symptoms and supportive care. There is no specific antidote, especially prehospital, to cocaine use and toxicity.
18 Ιουν 2017 · The differential diagnosis of cocaine toxicity should include: methamphetamine abuse, ecstasy abuse, cathinone abuse, and LSD abuse. 2 Smoking and IV injection offer rapid cocaine absorption (< 30 sec), as opposed to snorting (2.5 min) and ingestion (PO 2-5 mins). 2
testing procedures using protocols outlined by the Cocaine Treatment Discovery Program. The sequence for conducting the various tests is determined by the decision tree. The initial testing, which involves in vitro receptor binding assays as well as associated functional assays, is conducted as a means of pharmacologically profiling new compounds.
