Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Methamphetamine

Met/Meth is an abused drug/substance. Manufacture of met in so-called meth-labs can injure bystanders, family, children, law officers, coroners, firemen and/or forensic people. See also under amphetamine and PMID: 10408124, 16438482, 1758482, 18166274, 19936975, 9358986, 21683529. When cut with talc, methamphetamine can cause pneumoconiosis and PMF (PMID 23050878). Examination of the oral cavity for meth-mouth is indicated (PMID 21874893, 25662544). Management issues at PMID 25724076. Meth is sometimes carried by body-packers (PMID 19342282)

I - Cardiac arrhythmia(s)/dysrhythmia(s) (AF, VT, VF, TdP) - QTc prolongation)

I.m

Sudden cardiac death

II - Myocardial dysfunction - Heart failure

II.e

Acute respiratory or cardiopulmonary failure

III - Myocardial ischemia - Coronary artery disease

III.a

Coronary artery disease (acute) - Myocardial ischemia/infarction

VI - Cardiomyopathy

VI.a

Cardiomyopathy (acute, subacute, chronic)

X - Pulmonary edema

X.b

Pulmonary edema, noncardiogenic (NCPE)

XI - Pulmonary vasculopathies

XI.a

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

XV - Chest pain

XV.a

Chest pain (acute or subacute), lone or prominent

XVI - Hemorrhage - Bleeding - Hematoma(s)

XVI.e

Alveolar hemorrhage (AH), diffuse AH (DAH)

XX - Vasculitis

XX.c

Vascultis (pulmonary, extrathoracic or systemic) - ANCA status unknown or negative

XXII - Acute respiratory/cardiorespiratory failure

XXII.b

Acute lung injury - ARDS

XXIV - Interstitial lung disease - Pulmonary infiltrates - Pulmonary fibrosis

XXIV.b

Pneumonitis (ILD), acute and/or severe (may cause ARDS)

XXIX - Small airway involvement

XXIX.a

Bronchospasm - Wheezing - Asthma

XXXVI - Autoimmune syndromes - Systemic reactions or conditions

XXXVI.k

Multiple organ dysfunction/failure (MODS/MOF)

XXXVIII - Miscellaneous - Varia

XXXVIII.d

Death following exposure or poisoning
XXXVIII.s

CNS involvement/dysfunction/damage