Williams Jarrett, Hsu Edmund, Flamer-Caldera Adam, Ferrabolli Ye Jung
Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai St. Luke's West, New York, USA.
Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, USA.
Cureus. 2019 May 28;11(5):e4766. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4766.
Ketamine is commonly used in the emergency medicine setting, but also as a recreational drug. There have been many animal studies investigating ketamine, but little data on long-term clinical use of ketamine in humans. In this case presentation, a 22-year-old international male student presented with crepitus and cachexia and was found to have extensive subcutaneous emphysema, pneumorrhachis/intraspinal air, pneumomediastinum, and multiorgan failure. In this case report, we discuss how ketamine abuse is the likely cause of these findings.
氯胺酮常用于急诊医学领域，但也被用作消遣性毒品。已有许多关于氯胺酮的动物研究，但关于氯胺酮在人类中的长期临床使用数据却很少。在本病例报告中，一名22岁的国际男学生出现捻发音和恶病质，被发现有广泛的皮下气肿、椎管积气/脊髓内积气、纵隔气肿和多器官功能衰竭。在本病例报告中，我们讨论了氯胺酮滥用如何可能是这些发现的原因。
