| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Online access with DDA: Askews (Medicine)
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Ketamine use and misuse: impacts on the nervous system : an overview / David T. Yew -- chapter 2. Clinical applications and side effects of ketamine / Ou Sha, Yue Hao, Eric Yu-Pang Cho, and Li Zhou -- chapter 3. Diverse pharmacological properties of ketamine / Ismail Laher, Xin Zhang, Ping Chung Leung, and Willmann Liang -- chapter 4. Developmental neurotoxicity of ketamine in the developing brain / Chaoxuan Dong -- chapter 5. Ketamine : epidemiology of misuse and patterns of acute and chronic toxicity / Shwetha S. Rao, David M. Wood, and Paul I. Dargan -- chapter 6. Imaging the effects of ketamine use and abuse in the brain / Qi Li, Sherry K.W. Chan, Lin Sun, Wai-Chi Chan, Eric Y.H. Chen, and Pak C. Sham -- chapter 7. Does sniffing drugs affect the respiratory system? : an example being ketamine / Maria S.M. Wai, Jacqueline C. Lam, Lawrence K. Hui, and David T. Yew -- chapter 8. Long-term ketamine use causes damage to the pancreas and adrenal glands / Wai Ping Lam, Tan Sijie, Lok Hang Lam, Yeak Wan Wong, and Chun-Mei Wang -- chapter 9. Ketamine uropathy : Hong Kong experience / Peggy Sau Kwan Chu, Chi Fai Ng, and Wai Kit Ma -- chapter 10. Ketamine and the lower urinary tract : summary of pathophysiological evidence in humans and animal models / Hong Chai Tang, Phoebe Y.H. Lam, and Willmann Liang -- chapter 11. Postmortem toxicology of ketamine / James Watterson -- chapter 12. The antidepressant effects of ketamine and the underlying mechanisms / Nan Wang and Jian-Jun Yang -- chapter 13. Social correlates of ketamine and other psychoactive drug abuse in Hong Kong / Yuet-Wah Cheung -- chapter 14. Mechanisms of ketamine-induced neuroplasticity : potential effects on brain and behavior / Vincenzo Tedesco, Ginetta Collo, and Cristiano Chiamulera -- chapter 15. The influence of ketamine on our understanding of depression / Andrew M. Perez -- chapter 16. Clinical testing for ketamine : how it inspires the need to develop emerging drugs-of-abuse analysis in a clinical laboratory / Magdalene H.Y. Tang, Calvin Y.K. Chong, Doris C.K. Ching, and Tony W.L. Mak |
| Summary |
This book reviews the acute and chronic effects of ketamine on the various organ systems (CNS, gastrointestinal, renal) of the body and in both adult and developing animals and humans. The book includes both exhaustive review of literature and introduction of new data (for example, in the chapters on respiratory system, intestinal organs and adrenal). The book includes chapters on the basic pharmacology of ketamine, tests for ketamine, action of ketamine as anti-depressant |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 16, 2015) |
| Subject |
Ketamine.
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Ketamine -- Toxicology
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Medication abuse.
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Drug abuse.
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Drug addiction.
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Ketamine
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Ketamine -- pharmacology
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Ketamine -- adverse effects
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Substance-Related Disorders
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drug abuse.
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drug addiction.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
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Drug addiction
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Drug abuse
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Ketamine
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Medication abuse
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yew, D. T. W. (David T. W.), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781466583405 |
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1466583401 |
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0429102895 |
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9780429102899 |
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