Airway Necrosis and Barotrauma after Ecstasy Inhalation

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Jul 1;196(1):105-106. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201612-2416IM.

Authors

Evi Van den Kerckhove¹, Laurence Roosens², Vasiliki Siozopoulou³, Walter Verbrugghe¹, Jelle Aerts⁴, Jef Huyskens⁵, Hannelore Raemen⁶, Philippe G Jorens¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Critical Care Medicine.
² 2 Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Analytical Toxicology.
³ 3 Department of Pathology.
⁴ 4 Department of Respiratory Medicine.
⁵ 5 Department of Radiology, and.
⁶ 6 Department of Emergency Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.

PMID: 28288287
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201612-2416IM

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Inhalation
Adult
Bronchi / diagnostic imaging*
Bronchi / pathology
Bronchial Diseases / chemically induced*
Bronchial Diseases / complications
Bronchial Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Bronchial Diseases / pathology
Chromatography, Liquid
Hallucinogens / administration & dosage
Hallucinogens / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Mass Spectrometry
Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnostic imaging*
Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / administration & dosage
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / adverse effects*
Necrosis
Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging*
Pneumothorax / etiology
Pulmonary Edema / chemically induced*
Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging
Radiography, Thoracic
Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnostic imaging*
Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Hallucinogens
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine