Cannabis Exposure in an Omani Child : First case report from Oman

Authors

Thuraya A. Al-Shidhani, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Muscat, Oman, and Academic Fellowship Program, University of Toronto, Canada
Vinita Arora, Leslie Dan, Facul ty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Canada

Abstract

We report a confirmed case of cannabis exposure in an Omani female child with developmental delay. Cannabis exposure in children can lead to many consequences; for example, chronic use can result in developmental delay, abnormal behaviour, and hyperactivity while there is a risk of coma with acute exposure. It is important for clinicians to consider substance abuse as a differential diagnosis for similar presentations in paediatric patients, noting that children are at risk of cannabis exposure if their parents/caregivers are cannabis users.

Publication Date

10-25-2011

First Page

511

Last Page

514

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Al-Shidhani, Thuraya A. and Arora, Vinita (2011) "Cannabis Exposure in an Omani Child : First case report from Oman," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 11: 511-514.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1323