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ArticleClinical practice and cases in emergency medicine2020

Keratolysis Associated with Methamphetamine Use - Incidental Diagnosis of Corneal Melt in a Patient with Acute Methamphetamine Intoxication.

Jagdipak S Heer, Sean Heavey, Daniel Quesada, Phillip Aguìñiga-Navarrete, Madison B Garrett, Kieron Barkataki

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Article in Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Vision health perspectives onFrontiers in toxicology · 2023
    Review
  3. Ophthalmic complications associated with methamphetamine use disorder.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2022
    Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jagdipak S HeerKern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, California.
Sean HeaveyKern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, California.
Daniel QuesadaKern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, California.
Phillip Aguìñiga-NavarreteKern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, California.
Madison B GarrettKern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, California.
Kieron BarkatakiKern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, California.
Kern Medical Center · USLAC+USC Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

case presentationA 38-year-old male presented to the emergency department with methamphetamine-induced agitation. Physical exam showed clouding of the left cornea, with gelatinous appearance and associated conjunctivitis, consistent with corneal melt, or keratolysis. DISCUSSION: Keratolysis is dissolution of the corneal stroma that can lead to corneal ulceration and vision loss. Smoking stimulants has been shown to be associated with this pattern of ocular injury, although this is a relatively rare presentation. Acute keratolysis is a unique complication of methamphetamine preparation and ingestion via smoking that can lead to corneal ulceration and loss of vision.

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PMID32926718
PMCPMC7434255
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