PMID: 8971868Nov 1, 1996Paper

Does detoxification reverse the acute lung injury of crack smokers?

Nuclear Medicine Communications
H SusskindN D Volkow

Abstract

The effect on chronic crack users of a 3 month detoxification programme on lung clearance of inhaled 99Tcm-diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (99Tcm-DTPA) aerosol, spirometry and gas exchange was determined in a controlled in-patient clinical treatment setting. Imaging studies were carried out in eight chronic crack users (four crack-only and four crack plus tobacco) before and after the successful completion of the detoxification programme to measure the clearance of inhaled 99Tcm-DTPA from the lungs, an index of lung epithelial permeability. 99Tcm-DTPA lung clearance, expressed in terms of the biological half-time, T1/2, was determined from the slopes of the least-squares fit regression lines of the respective time-activity plots. The mean (+/- S.D.) global T1/2 values of the crack-only (75 +/- 39 min) and crack plus tobacco users (22 +/- 10 min) were significantly shorter (P < 0.02 and P < 0.001, respectively) than from the lungs of the non-smoking controls (124 +/- 29 min). This was consistent with increased lung epithelial permeability secondary to crack-related lung injury. The mean global T1/2 value of the crack plus tobacco users was significantly shorter (P < 0.05) than that of the crack-only users. After detoxification, ...Continue Reading

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May 15, 2004·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine·Nick A MaskellRobert J O Davies
Jan 20, 2012·Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract·Zhi Ven FongHarish Lavu

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