Pulmonary dysfunction in cocaine smokers

作者：Roger D. Weiss, Paul D. Goldenheim, Steven M. Mirin, Charles A. Hales, Jack H. Mendelson · 发表于：American Journal of Psychiatry · 年份：1981 · DOI：10.1176/ajp.138.8.1110 · 被引用次数：58 · 研究领域：Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis、Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research、Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

The authors report another complication of freebase cocaine smoking. They found a significant reduction in the carbon monoxide diffusing capacity in the lungs of two patients. This suggests that inhalation of the freebase of cocaine may damage the pulmonary gas exchange surface.