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Passive Freebase Cocaine ('Crack') Inhalation by Infants and Toddlers
David A. Bateman, MD;
Margaret C. Heagarty, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1989;143(1):25-27.
Abstract
• Cocaine and its principal metabolite, benzoyl ecgonine, were isolated from the urine of four hospitalized children who had been exposed to the smoke of free-base cocaine ("crack") used by their adult caretakers. Two of the children had transient neurological symptoms (drowsiness and unsteady gait) and two had seizures whose cause could not be determined by laboratory investigation. Passive cocaine inhalation may have caused or contributed to these symptoms. Children in the care of adults who abuse free-base cocaine should be considered at risk not only for disruption of their social environment but also for the effects of cocaine toxicity.
(AJDC 1989;143:25-27)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University (Drs Bateman and Heagarty), New York; and the Newborn Service (Dr Bateman) and Department of Pediatrics (Dr Heagarty), Harlem Hospital, New York.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 27, 1988.
Reprint requests to Newborn Service, Harlem Hospital, 506 Lenox Ave, New York, NY 10037 (Dr Bateman).
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