The pulmonary edema of heroin toxicity--an example of the stiff lung syndrome

Chest. 1972 Aug;62(2):199-205. doi: 10.1378/chest.62.2.199.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Autopsy
  • Carbon Dioxide / blood
  • Female
  • Heroin / poisoning*
  • Humans
  • Lung Compliance
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration
  • Pulmonary Edema / chemically induced*
  • Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Edema / pathology
  • Pulmonary Edema / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Edema / therapy
  • Radiography
  • Respiration
  • Spirometry

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Heroin
  • Oxygen