¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Rowan University SOM Kennedy University Hospital, Stratford, NJ, USA.

²Program director of the combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine at Rowan University SOM Kennedy University Hospital in Stratford, NJ, USA.

Corresponding Author: James Espinosa, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rowan University SOM Kennedy University Hospital, 18 East Laurel Road, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA, Tel: +1 646 241 5695; E-Mail: [email protected]

Received Date: 10 Mar 2016   
Accepted Date: 27 Jun 2016   
Published Date: 30 Jun 2016

Copyright © 2016 Espinosa J

 Citation: Lucerna A and Espinosa J. (2016). Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Association with Heroin Overdose. Mathews J Emergency Med. 1(2): 011.

ABSTRACT

We present a case of bilateral diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage without intraventricular extension, identified on the head CT in association with heroin use. Such an association has been rarely reported in the literature.

KEYWORDS

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Association with Heroin Overdose; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Association with Heroin Overdose; Neurological Consequences of Drug Abuse; Neurological Consequences and Drug Abuse; Stroke and Drug Abuse; Stroke and Heroin Abuse.