Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: Literature review and proposed diagnosis and treatment algorithm

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 659-664

  Wallace, Erik A ^a   Andrews, Sarah E ^a   Garmany, Chad L ^a   Jelley, Martina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

cannabinoid hyperemesis; cannabis; compulsive bathing; cyclic vomiting

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADDISON DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; AWARENESS; BATH; BULIMIA; CANNABINOID HYPEREMESIS SYNDROME; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE BATHING BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

CANNABINOIDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NAUSEA; SYNDROME; VOMITING;

EID: 80052248483     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182297d57     Document Type: Review

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