ystitis and ketamine-associated bladder dysfunction
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Street ketamine-associated bladder dysfunction: an emerging health problem.
INTRODUCTION Ketamine is frequently abused nowadays as a recreational drug. Case reports are emerging since 2007 to describe a new clinical entity of severe bladder dysfunction associated with chronic abuse of street ketamine. CLINICAL PRESENTATION Severe lower urinary tract symptoms of urinary frequency and urgency which are refractory to conventional treatment. Quality of life is adversely ...
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TO THE EDITOR: Ketamine-induced cystitis was first reported by Shahani et al. in 2007 (6). Clinical presentations of this entity is characterized by lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), such as frequency, urgency, gross hematuria, and bladder pain (2, 6). The underlying mechanisms are still unelucidated in ketamine-induced cystitis, and the approaches to therapy include cessation of ketamine, m...
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متن کاملReply to "Letter to the editor: 'Urothelial barrier dysfunction: cause or outcome of ketamine-induced voiding dysfunction'".
REPLY: We would like to thank Wang et al. (3) for their interest in and comment on our article. Since the first report of ketamine cystitis by Shahani et al. (2) 10 years ago, the mechanism of this new urinary dysfunction is still a mystery. Ketamine is accumulated in urine, and urothelial ulceration is commonly observed in severe ketamine cystitis patients, which might be the major reason for ...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017