Clinical characteristics of patients admitted to emergency department for the use of ketamine analogues with or without other new psychoactive substances
Te−I Weng, Lengsu W. Chin, Lian‐Yu Chen, Ju‐Yu Chen, Guan‐Yuan Chen, Cheng‐Chung Fang
Abstract
Dear Editor, The recreational use of ketamine analogues, a group of new psychoactive substances (NPS), is evolving worldwide [1,2]. We describe 13 cases of emergency department (ED) admissions in T...
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Emergency departmentKetamineRecreational DrugMedicinePsychoactive substanceMephedroneEmergency medicineMedical emergencyAnesthesiaPharmacologyDrugPsychiatryAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyTreatment of Major DepressionElectroconvulsive Therapy Studies