The clinical presentation and diagnosis of ketamine-associated urinary tract dysfunction in singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 660-665

  Yek, Jacklyn ^a   Sundaram, Palaniappan ^a   Aydin, Hakan ^a   Kuo, Tricia ^a   Ng, Lay Guat ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bladder dysfunction; Ketamin; Lower urinary tract dysfunction; Ulcerative cystitis

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; SINGAPORE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; CYSTITIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FLUOROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; URINARY TRACT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KETAMINE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS; MALE; SINGAPORE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949937222     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015185     Document Type: Article

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