Methamphetamine colitis: A rare case of ischemic colitis in a young patient

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 780-782

  Holubar, Stefan D ^a   Hassinger, James P ^b   Dozois, Eric J ^a   Masuoka, Howard C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COLON ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68949131225     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.139     Document Type: Article

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