Crack-ing the case: a patient with persistent delirium due to body packing with cocaine.
| dc.contributor.author | Ní Chróinín, D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gaine, S | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-13T10:17:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-07-13T10:17:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-04 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Crack-ing the case: a patient with persistent delirium due to body packing with cocaine. 2012, 105 (4):118-9 Ir Med J | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0332-3102 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 22708228 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/233620 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A 36-year-old male presented acutely with encephalopathy, following his return to Ireland from a visit to West Africa. Clinical findings included confusion, agitation and tonic-clonic seizures. Difficulties in weaning sedation prompted repeat urine toxicology screening at day 8, which was positive for cocaine. Work-up for a source of continued cocaine exposure led to the discovery of cocaine-containing packages in the gastrointestinal tract. An index of suspicion should be maintained in patients presenting with drug toxicity following cross-border travel. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Irish Medical Journal (IMJ) | en_GB |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Crack-ing%20the%20Case%3A%20A%20Patient%20with%20Persistent%20Delirium%20due%20to%20Body%20Packing%20with%20Cocaine%20 | en_GB |
| dc.rights | Archived with thanks to Irish medical journal | en_GB |
| dc.title | Crack-ing the case: a patient with persistent delirium due to body packing with cocaine. | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of General Internal Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles St, Dublin 7. dmmnic@umail.ucc.ie | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.journal | Irish medical journal | en_GB |
| dc.description.province | Leinster | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-22T18:10:19Z | |
| html.description.abstract | A 36-year-old male presented acutely with encephalopathy, following his return to Ireland from a visit to West Africa. Clinical findings included confusion, agitation and tonic-clonic seizures. Difficulties in weaning sedation prompted repeat urine toxicology screening at day 8, which was positive for cocaine. Work-up for a source of continued cocaine exposure led to the discovery of cocaine-containing packages in the gastrointestinal tract. An index of suspicion should be maintained in patients presenting with drug toxicity following cross-border travel. |
