Cocaine can cause a myriad of changes in the lung, which can range from bronchoconstriction to destruction of the alveolar-capillary membrane and acute lung injury. Cocaine-induced bronchospasm is a diagnosis of exclusion that should be considered when the clinical presentation of acute hypoxic and hypercapneic respiratory failure cannot be explained by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma exacerbation, anaphylaxis to food or medications, exercise, or infection. Here, we present two patients with acute hypoxic and hypercapneic respiratory failure that was ultimately attributed to cocaine use shortly prior to symptom onset.
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