Recurrent hallucinations following ketamine

Mania following ketamine abuse.

Ketamine, a noncompetitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, has multiple clinical uses. On the other hand, ketamine abuse or recreational use has been gaining increasing attention. Induction of mania and psychotic symptoms has been reported in a patient receiving IV ketamine therapy for reflex sympathetic dystrophy. We here report a 26 year-old man who abused ketamine by ...

Recurrent pneumothorax following abdominal paracentesis.

A 62 year old man presented with abdominal ascites, without pleural effusion, due to peritoneal mesothelioma. He had chronic obstructive airways disease and a past history of right upper lobectomy for tuberculosis. On two occasions abdominal paracentesis was followed within 72 hours by pneumothorax. This previously unreported complication of abdominal paracentesis may be due to increased diaphr...

Recurrent iris cyst following pencil tip injury

Compartment syndrome following recurrent ankle inversion injury.

Drs Creighton and Bach and Mr Kinder are from the Division of Sports Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill. Reprint requests: Bernard R. Bach, Jr, MD, 1725 W Harrison St, Ste 1063, Chicago, IL 60612. Compartment syndrome is an elevation of the interstitial pressure in a closed osseofascial compartment that results in microvascular compromise. The condition may be further classi...

Recurrent dislocation following hip replacement: brief report.

A new method of preventing recurrent dislocation following total hip replacement was described by Olerud and Karlstr#{246}m (1985). It involves augmentation of the acetabular component with a sector cut from another acetabular prosthesis and screwed to the original implant. This procedure was performed on three of our patients with recurrent dislocation, but in each case the hip continued to di...