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We describe four major and five minor clinical patterns of acute phencyclidine (PCP) intoxication and give the incidence of findings in each pattern. Major patterns were acute brain syndrome (248 cases; 24.8%), toxic psychosis (166 cases; 16.6%), catatonic syndrome (117 cases; 11.7%), and coma (106 cases; 10.6%). Minor patterns included lethargy or stupor (38 cases; 3.8%), and combinations of bizarre behavior, violence, agitation, and euphoria in patients who were alert and oriented (325 cases; 32.5%). Patients with major patterns of PCP toxicity usually required hospitalization and accounted for most complications. In general, patients with minor patterns had mild intoxication and did not require hospitalization except for the treatment of injuries or autonomic effects of PCP. Various types of injuries occurred in 16%, and aspiration pneumonia occurred in 1.0% of all cases. There were 22 cases of rhabdomyolysis (2.2%), with three patients requiring dialysis for renal failure. One patient who had been comatose from PCP died suddenly. A fresh pulmonary embolism was found at autopsy.
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PMID:Acute phencyclidine intoxication: clinical patterns, complications, and treatment. 723 37

In 16,216 autopsies 381 cases (2.35%) of pulmonary embolism were found to be the immediate cause of death. 53.8% of the cases were due to natural reasons and 44.6% were due to violence (preferably accidents followed by immobilisation). 149 persons died within the first three weeks of illness. In 63 cases the source of embolism could not be found. The frequency of pulmonary embolism in this study complies with other extensive researches. The practical and legal relevance of death caused by pulmonary embolism (kind of death, cause, sudden death, statistics of mortality, certainty of the diagnosis, medical postmortem examination, order of autopsy) are discussed.
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PMID:[Lung embolism as the cause of death in legal medicine]. 857 96