Cholestasis and biliary dilatation associated with chronic ketamine abuse: A case series

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lo, R S C ^a   Krishnamoorthy, R ^a   Freeman, J G ^a   Austin, A S ^a  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary dilatation; Cholestasis; Ketamine

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BLADDER BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; STENT; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DYSKINESIAS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; KETAMINE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URINARY TRACT; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 79958281271     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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