A 25-Year-Old Chronic Ketamine User with Urinary Symptoms; a Case Report
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2022),
1 January 2022
,
Page e12
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v10i1.1449
Abstract
Ketamine is mainly used for short-acting general anesthesia, chronic pain, sedation, depression, and bipolar disorder. Long-term ketamine use may cause lower urinary tract symptoms and voiding dysfunction. Small capacity and fibrotic bladder can be associated with chronic ketamine use. Here, we present a 25-year-old male with a history of chronic ketamine use complicated with contracted heart-shape bladder.
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Ketamine
- Urologic Diseases
- Urinary Tract Infections
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