Cannabinoid hyperemesis and compulsive bathing: A case series and paradoxical pathophysiological explanation

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 790-793

  Patterson, Dale A ^a,b   Smith, EmmaLeigh ^a   Monahan, Mark ^a   Medvecz, Andrew ^a   Hagerty, Beth ^a,b   Krijger, Lisa ^c   Chauhan, Aakash ^a,b   Walsh, Mark ^a,b  

^a is an assistant professor of nursing at Bethel College   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid hyperemesis; Case report; Compulsive bathing; Cyclical vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CANNABIS; OMEPRAZOLE; PROMETHAZINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANNABINOID HYPEREMESIS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REHYDRATION; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; BATHS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NAUSEA; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649898843     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100117     Document Type: Article

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