Ketamine is a noncompetitive antagonist of N-methyl-d-asparate (NMDA) receptor and has
been long used as an anesthetic agent in humans and veterinary medicine. The present …

Abstract Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) are frequently present in the general
population as patients age with approximately a third of individuals experiencing LUTS …

Ketamine is a common medical anesthetic and analgesic but is becoming more widely used
as a recreational drug. Significant side effects on the urinary tract are associated with …

Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of ambulatory surgeries and ambulatory
patients presenting with substance use disorder were increasing, and the end of lockdown …

Aims Ketamine is a general anesthetic. Dissociative effects and low cost led ketamine
becoming an illegal recreational drug in young adults. Ketamine‐induced uropathy (KIU) is …

A feature of human culture is that we can learn to consume chemical compounds, derived
from natural plants or synthetic fabrication, for their psychoactive effects. These drugs …

Add-on ketamine anesthesia in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been studied in
depressive patients in several clinical trials with inconclusive findings. Two most recent meta …

Background: Ketamine is an anesthetic commonly used in low-income countries and has
recently been shown to be effective for treatment-resistant depression. However, the illicit …

Introduction: This systematic review and metaanalysis focused on the literature regarding
ketamine-associated uropathy to summarise its clinical manifestations, the results of …

Aims Long‐term or recreational use of ketamine affects the urinary system and can result in
ketamine‐induced cystitis (KIC). Rodent models of KIC are important to study KIC …