2020, Number 1
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Aten Fam 2020; 27 (1)
Non-recognized Toxic Consumption Ictus
Vazquez AD, Diaz GA, Encarnación NJA, Martínez MF, Pérez VM, Leal HM
Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 52-54
PDF size: 102.54 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Excessive cocaine use is a world-wide public health problem, such consumption poses a challenge
for clinical and hospital systems due to the cardiovascular impact on consumers. This brief addresses
the case of a 46-year-old male with a weakness in the left hemi body, the interrogation referred the
use of tobacco as the only toxic substance; after the clinical study, the presence of severe vasospasm
was determined induced by cocaine use.
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