Ketamine cystitis: Practical considerations in management

Scandinavian Journal of Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 482-488

  Misra, Saumya ^a   Chetwood, Andrew ^b   Coker, Charles ^c   Thomas, Philip ^c  

^a NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cystitis; Ketamine

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG USE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KETAMINE CYSTITIS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBMUCOSA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROTHELIUM; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907096195     PISSN: 21681805     EISSN: 21681813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21681805.2014.909530     Document Type: Article

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