An Uncommon Mimic of an Acute Asthma Exacerbation

Foreign body aspiration in adults has a variety of clinical presentations and often goes unrecognized. We describe the case of a patient who experienced crack cocaine aspiration and presented with symptoms of an acute asthma exacerbation requiring mechanical ventilation until the eventual diagnosis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 2002-05, Vol.121 (5), p.1707-1709
Hauptverfasser:	Zaas, David, Brock, Malcolm, Yang, Stephen, Sylvester, J.T.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult aspiration Aspiration pneumonia Asthma Asthma - diagnosis Biological and medical sciences Bronchi Case studies Cocaine Cocaine-Related Disorders - diagnosis Complications and side effects Crack (Drug) Crack Cocaine Diagnosis, Differential Drug addictions Drug overdose Drug use Emergency medical care Extubation Foreign bodies Foreign bodies (Medical care) Foreign Bodies - diagnosis Heroin Humans Inhalation Male Medical sciences Pneumothorax Toxicology Trachea Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:	Foreign body aspiration in adults has a variety of clinical presentations and often goes unrecognized. We describe the case of a patient who experienced crack cocaine aspiration and presented with symptoms of an acute asthma exacerbation requiring mechanical ventilation until the eventual diagnosis and bronchoscopic removal of the foreign body.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.121.5.1707