A Case of Cocaine Toxicity From Body Stuffing

Here, we report a case of body stuffing leading to severe cocaine toxicity. Medical management and supportive care are usually the best course of action in cases of body stuffing, as seen in our case. While surgery is rarely indicated, surgical consultation should occur early to ensure prompt interv...

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Autores principales: Smith, Justin, Espinosa, James, Lucerna, Alan, Lee, James, Schuitema, Henry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10676734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38021695
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47805
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description Here, we report a case of body stuffing leading to severe cocaine toxicity. Medical management and supportive care are usually the best course of action in cases of body stuffing, as seen in our case. While surgery is rarely indicated, surgical consultation should occur early to ensure prompt intervention if obstruction or perforation occurs.
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spelling pubmed-106767342023-10-27 A Case of Cocaine Toxicity From Body Stuffing Smith, Justin Espinosa, James Lucerna, Alan Lee, James Schuitema, Henry Cureus Emergency Medicine Here, we report a case of body stuffing leading to severe cocaine toxicity. Medical management and supportive care are usually the best course of action in cases of body stuffing, as seen in our case. While surgery is rarely indicated, surgical consultation should occur early to ensure prompt intervention if obstruction or perforation occurs. Cureus 2023-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10676734/ /pubmed/38021695 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47805 Text en Copyright © 2023, Smith et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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