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Universitas Medica
versión impresa ISSN 0041-9095versión On-line ISSN 2011-0839
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CANAS TORRES, Edward Ernesto; CASAS CASTRO, Onofre y PARRA CORDOBA, José Fernando. Cocaine-Induced Severe Bronchospasm: A Case Report. Univ. Med. [online]. 2022, vol.63, n.1, pp.155-161. Epub 30-Dic-2021. ISSN 0041-9095. https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed63-1.broc.
The consumption of psychoactive substances represents today in our country and worldwide a public health problem. Among these, cocaine occupies an important place, in terms of frequency of consumption, associated with the need to use emergency medical services due to complications derived from intoxication and overdose with exposure to it. The clinical effects are fully characterized, but bronchospasm is not clearly and commonly identified within these. Among the risk factors for its generation, we find inhalation exposure and patient comorbidity, among which asthma accounts for the most cases. For this reason, it is essential to identify said complications associated with contact with this substance. We present a case in which the patient develops severe bronchospasm with a requirement for mechanical ventilation.
Palabras clave : bronchospasm; cocaine; asthma; psychoactive substances.