Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome presenting with ventricular bigeminy

Jeffrey Wong; Muneet Gill; Thor Stead; Derrick Huang; Latha Ganti

doi:10.1186/s42238-023-00203-x

Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome presenting with ventricular bigeminy

J Cannabis Res. 2023 Oct 19;5(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s42238-023-00203-x.

Authors

Jeffrey Wong¹, Muneet Gill², Thor Stead³, Derrick Huang^{4

5}, Latha Ganti^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
² Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
³ Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴ Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, FL, USA.
⁵ University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA.
⁶ Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. latha.ganti@ucf.edu.
⁷ University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA. latha.ganti@ucf.edu.

Abstract

The is a case of a 28-year-old male presenting to an emergency department (ED) via emergency medical services (EMS) with a chief complaint of "gastritis." He was noted to have bigeminy on the pre-arrival EMS electrocardiogram. He was ultimately diagnosed with cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS). CHS is becoming an exceedingly common emergency department presentation due to the poorly regulated but widespread availability of cannabis products. The authors discuss a case of CHS and ventricular bigeminy.

Keywords: Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome; Premature ventricular contractions; Ventricular bigeminy.