Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome: A case report review of treatment

Toxicology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 889-890

  Mahmad, Abdul I ^a   Jehangir, Waqas ^a   Littlefield, Jay M ^b   John, Sujith ^b   Yousif, Abdalla ^a  

^a Raritan Bay Medical Center   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Hot showers; Hyperemesis; Marijuana; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; LORAZEPAM; ONDANSETRON; PANTOPRAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MALE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; SMOKING; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING;

EID: 84934889033     PISSN: 22147500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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