TY  - JOUR
T1  - An Overview of Cocaine Overdose Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department
A1  - Anhar K. Zahrani
A1  - Kadhem M. Alkathim
A1  - Aban W.l Alabbadi
A1  - Abdulmaajid I. O. Alahdal
A1  - Osamah A. Albader
A1  - Bassam M. Alahmari
A1  - Abdulkareem K. Almotairi
A1  - Hamoud J. M. Alruwail
A1  - Dafer A. Alshehri
A1  - Ali A. Alzahrani
A1  - Aishah M. Babtain
JF  - International Journal of Pharmaceutical And Phytopharmacological Research
JO  - Int J Pharm Phytopharmacol Res
SN  - 2250-1029
Y1  - 2020
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
SP  - 62
EP  - 65
N2  - Background: Cocaine use has been an extremely serious and major public health issue worldwide. The risk of cocaine addiction is terribly high leading to unintentional fatal and serious pathological complications. The emergency management of cocaine overdose might be challenging. The discussion of this review stands on evidence-based and designed elements for diagnosing and managing cocaine overdose, to aid ER physicians to provide successful management and evaluation techniques to assess cocaine toxicity issues and complications. Objectives: To provide the recent literature on diagnosing and managing cocaine overdose as an ER physician. Methodology: Comprehensive medical research was collected from PubMed/MEDLINE using these search terms ((“Cocaine "[Mesh] AND “Overdose” [Mesh] AND “Diagnosis” [Mesh] AND “Management” [Mesh])). Conclusion: ER physicians must consider taking a full history, positive clinical laboratory results, and pharmacological aspects with multidisciplinary care in order to improve patient outcomes.
UR  - https://eijppr.com/article/an-overview-of-cocaine-overdose-diagnosis-and-management-in-the-emergency-department
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