Intravenous cocaine abuse and subarachnoid haemorrhage: effect on outcome

Br J Neurosurg. 1990;4(1):27-30. doi: 10.3109/02688699009000678.

Abstract

A retrospective study of subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with intravenous cocaine injection was undertaken in a large urban hospital. Patients who used intravenous cocaine had significantly poorer outcomes when compared with subarachnoid haemorrhage patients with no known exposure to the drug.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Central Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Cocaine*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*

Substances

  • Cocaine