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Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report
Cocaine is one of the most common causes of acute drug-related emergency department visits in the United States. It produces a dose-dependent increase in heart rate and blood pressure accompanied by increased arousal and a sense of self-confidence, euphoria, and well-being. Its use is typically foll...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35812642 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25693 |
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author | Akella, Ramya Raj, Rishi Kannan, Lakshmi Jacob, Aasems Ganti, Subramanya Shyam |
author_facet | Akella, Ramya Raj, Rishi Kannan, Lakshmi Jacob, Aasems Ganti, Subramanya Shyam |
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description | Cocaine is one of the most common causes of acute drug-related emergency department visits in the United States. It produces a dose-dependent increase in heart rate and blood pressure accompanied by increased arousal and a sense of self-confidence, euphoria, and well-being. Its use is typically followed by a craving for more of the drug. It can also lead to acute events such as myocardial infarction, seizures, and cerebrovascular events. Here, we present a case of cocaine-induced spinal cord ischemia resulting in quadriplegia. Our case highlights that, in a young patient presenting with acute non-traumatic myelopathy, it is important to consider cocaine use among other differentials. |
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spelling | pubmed-92590082022-07-08 Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report Akella, Ramya Raj, Rishi Kannan, Lakshmi Jacob, Aasems Ganti, Subramanya Shyam Cureus Neurology Cocaine is one of the most common causes of acute drug-related emergency department visits in the United States. It produces a dose-dependent increase in heart rate and blood pressure accompanied by increased arousal and a sense of self-confidence, euphoria, and well-being. Its use is typically followed by a craving for more of the drug. It can also lead to acute events such as myocardial infarction, seizures, and cerebrovascular events. Here, we present a case of cocaine-induced spinal cord ischemia resulting in quadriplegia. Our case highlights that, in a young patient presenting with acute non-traumatic myelopathy, it is important to consider cocaine use among other differentials. Cureus 2022-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9259008/ /pubmed/35812642 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25693 Text en Copyright © 2022, Akella 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. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Akella, Ramya Raj, Rishi Kannan, Lakshmi Jacob, Aasems Ganti, Subramanya Shyam Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report |
title | Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report |
title_full | Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report |
title_short | Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated With Cocaine Use: A Case Report |
title_sort | acute spinal cord ischemia associated with cocaine use: a case report |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35812642 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25693 |
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