Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Clin Ter. 2024 Jul-Aug;175(Suppl 1(4)):28-31. doi: 10.7417/CT.2024.5079.
Cocaine overdose is a condition in which an increase in blood pressure, heart rate and depth of breath is observed. Cocaine consumption also causes a wide and well-known neuropsychiatric symptomatology that is characterized by incomprehensible behavior, confused and disordered thoughts, and paranoia. Cocaine addiction is a worldwide public health problem, which has somatic, psychological, psychiatric, socio-economic, and judicial complications.
This work shows three cases in which cocaine poisoning and overdose caused a psychotic and extremely violent behavior in the hours leading up to the death of the subjects.
The aim of this brief case series is to suggest some diagnostic criteria for the correct definition of this psychosis in order to make an early diagnosis crucial to prevent deaths related to it.
可卡因过量是一种观察到血压、心率和呼吸深度增加的情况。可卡因的使用还会导致广泛而众所周知的神经精神症状，表现为难以理解的行为、混乱和紊乱的思维以及偏执。可卡因成瘾是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，它涉及到躯体、心理、精神、社会经济和司法方面的并发症。
本工作展示了三个病例，其中可卡因中毒和过量导致了在受试者死亡前几个小时出现了精神病和极其暴力的行为。
本简短病例系列的目的是提出一些诊断标准，以便正确定义这种精神病，从而进行早期诊断，这对于预防与之相关的死亡至关重要。
