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16756743

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Bariatric surgery is increasingly popular as a therapeutic strategy for morbidly obese adolescents. Adolescence represents a sensitive period of psychosocial development, and children with considerable weight loss may experience greater peer acceptance, accompanied by both positive and negative influences. Substance abuse exists as one of these negative influences. We present the case of an adolescent bariatric surgical patient who abused methamphetamines in the postoperative period, with consequent nutritional instability. A concerted effort must be made in the preoperative assessment of adolescent bariatric patients to delineate a history of illicit drug use, including abuse of diet pills and stimulants. Excessive postoperative weight loss or micronutrient supplementation non-compliance should raise a suspicion of stimulant use and appropriate screening tests should be performed. The consequent appetite suppression may manifest with signs of malnutrition such as bradycardia, hypotension, and weakness. Inpatient nutritional rehabilitation and psychiatric assessment should be considered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0960-8923
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
780-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Methamphetamine use following bariatric surgery in an adolescent.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. sdutta1@stanford.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports