KETAMINE is an anaesthetic agent characterized by a rapid onset and short duration of action, but it has increasingly been abused as a ＂clubdrug＂ since the late 1980s. It can causeinflammation and contraction of the...KETAMINE is an anaesthetic agent characterized by a rapid onset and short duration of action, but it has increasingly been abused as a ＂clubdrug＂ since the late 1980s. It can causeinflammation and contraction of the bladder, leading to possibly irreversible kidney damage. Since 2007, case reports are appearing in the medical literature describing severe bladder dysfunction and kidney injury in ketamine abusers. In this article, we report a case of obstructive nephropathy and kidney injury in a ketamine abuser.展开更多
文摘KETAMINE is an anaesthetic agent characterized by a rapid onset and short duration of action, but it has increasingly been abused as a ＂clubdrug＂ since the late 1980s. It can causeinflammation and contraction of the bladder, leading to possibly irreversible kidney damage. Since 2007, case reports are appearing in the medical literature describing severe bladder dysfunction and kidney injury in ketamine abusers. In this article, we report a case of obstructive nephropathy and kidney injury in a ketamine abuser.
