title: Ketamine Saves the Day: Priapism in a Pediatric Psychiatric Patient.
abstract: Priapism is an adverse effect of medications used to treat psychiatric disorders. Often, this condition is self-limiting but may require urologic intervention involving aspiration and injection to induce detumescence. A case of a 15-year-old patient with priapism secondary to a long-acting stimulant is presented to describe the effectiveness of ketamine treatment for priapism.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; †Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Geoffrey E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Hayden
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011317:Priapism / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D007649:Ketamine