Abdominal Pain Cocaine Abuse
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Pain relievers Cocaine Tranquilizers Stimulants Heroin Sedatives Incorporate universal screening for substance abuse problems into medical care settings. orrelatedto,recentdruguse,suchasinjury,abdominal pain,oracardiacproblem. … Fetch Full Source
Pneumomediastinum Following Smoking Crack cocaine
Typically present with neck, chest, or abdominal pain, or dif?culty swallowing, although less often cocaine abuse. 1,5,8 Surgical intervention is usually necessary in patients with pneumoperitoneum, … View This Document
Northern Illinois University
Century. • Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug of abuse. • Cocaine is a stimulant that directly affects the brain. 1) ABDOMINAL PAIN 2) NAUSEA NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS … Doc Retrieval
Co-Occurring Disorder-Related Quick Facts: PHYSICAL HEALTH …
abdominal pain, diabetes, epilepsy, essential hypertension) 3. Alcohol and drug abuse as a complicating factor in treatment or patient compliance (e.g., age-matched general population.11 Among homeless persons, heavy smoking, cocaine abuse, and … View This Document
THE NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL
Standing cocaine abuse, presented with abdominal pain. Pain was of 1-week duration, constant and sharp, localised to epigastrium, moderate in intensity and radiated to the … View Full Source
Acute Abdominal Pain Chap. 72
80% of cases are due to ETOH abuse or gallstones. Pt is usually older, has significant co-morbidity, and with visceral type abdominal pain poorly Cocaine induced intestinal ischemia; Iron poisoning … Read Document
Research Report Series
With cocaine abuse. Some of the most frequent are cardiovascular effects, including disturbances in heart rhythm and heart attacks; neurological effects, including strokes, seizures, headaches, and coma; and gastrointestinal complications, including abdominal pain and nausea. … Fetch Document
Awareness Training On Cocaine
Unfortunately, as with the opiates like heroin, the dangers of cocaine abuse were recognized by lawmakers after the fact. failure; neurological effects, including strokes, seizure, and headaches; and gastrointestinal complications, including abdominal pain and nausea. Cocaine use … Fetch Doc
Cocaine:
The problems related to cocaine abuse have an effect world wide; therefore it is a problem that society cannot ignore. how cocaine is used there is increased risk of “heart attacks, chest pain, respiratory failure, strokes, and abdominal pain and nausea” (Stevens, 2002, 2). “Cocaine … Fetch Content
Crack And Cocaine
Testinal complications such as abdominal pain and nausea. Because cocaine has age 12 and older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. … Retrieve Doc
Abdominal Pain
Parietal abdominal pain is caused by irritation of fibers that innervate the parietal peritoneum Chloral hydrate, calcium, cocaine Heavy metals His history is significant for HTN and tobacco abuse. … Document Retrieval
How Much Stimulation Do You Need ?
Beat, chest pain, heart attacks, respiratory failure, abdominal pain and nausea. Cocaine abuse is strongly associated with headaches, seizures and strokes arising from rupture or spasm of … View This Document
Knowledge E Application N Program M KAP Keys
• Abdominal pain • Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding • Temperature greater than 100.4°F (these patients should be • Alcohol and stimulant: Treat alcohol abuse. • Cocaine and opiate: Treat opiate dependence. … Access Document
Margareth Pierre-Louis Internal Medicine Rotation August 27 …
1 Margareth Pierre-Louis Internal Medicine Rotation August 27-October 19, 2007 Chief Complaint : abdominal pain History of Present Illness : Ms. SM is cane for walking nicotine dependence and abuse hx of narcotic seeking behavior poor dentition without denture use exposure to crack cocaine and possible abuse … Return Document
Medical Complications Of Substance Abuse
Acute (abdominal pain, vomiting, pancreatic necrosis, pseudocyst formation). cocaine-assoc chest pain; In 2000, 175,000 U.S. E.R. visits or otherwise) relates to use, sale, or procurement of EtOH or substances of abuse … Fetch Doc
Massive Pan-gastrointestinal Bleeding Following cocaine Use
Hospitalized because of chronic persistent abdominal pain, constipation, progressive cough and progressive conclude that cocaine abuse can be associated with severe pan-gastrointestinal injury which may account … Doc Viewer
Acute Abdominal Pain
Acute Abdominal Pain UNC Emergency Medicine Medical Student Lecture Series Mountain Spotted Fever Toxic Shock Syndrome Black widow envenomation Drugs: cocaine liquid diet x 48 hours cipro and flagyl Case #3 46 yo M with hx of alcohol abuse with 3 days of severe upper abd pain … Document Viewer