Extraordinary cause of acute gastric dilatation and hepatic portal venous gas: Chronic use of synthetic cannabinoid

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 10704-10708

  Sevinc, Mert Mahsuni ^a   Kinaci, Erdem ^a,b   Bayrak, Savas ^a   Yardimci, Aytul Hande ^a   Cakar, Ekrem ^a   Bektaş, Hasan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Org Nafiz Gurman Cad Istanbul Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi Genel Cerrahi Klinigi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acute gastric dilatation; Bonzai; Hepatic portal venous gas; Synthetic cannabinoid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANNABINOID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GAS;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG USE; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REBOUND; STOMACH DISTENSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ABDOMEN, ACUTE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBOLISM, AIR; GAS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; STOMACH MUCOSA; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANNABINOIDS; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENDOSCOPY; GASES; GASTRIC DILATATION; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84942786796     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i37.10704     Document Type: Article

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