Nitrous Oxide Abuse Complications in the Emergency Department: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT: Case Presentation: This report describes a case of acute severe myelopathy attributed to nitrous oxide abuse in a 30-year-old patient presenting with gait instability. Background and Clinical Significance: It depicts the challenges of early recognition in a primary care setting, and highlights through an individual patient-centered experience the profound social impacts of nitrous oxide abuse. Discussion and Conclusions: This case underscores the need for structured diagnostic approaches, interdisciplinary care, and further research to optimize treatment protocols and prevention strategies to warn nitrous oxide-related complications. Finally, this case quotes both key clinical and paraclinical screening indicators to facilitate case identification in emergency and prim

SUBMITTER: Lembo AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12452426 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature