Fatal cardiac arrhythmias and shock following yew leaves ingestion

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_5E70555B4AAC
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Fatal cardiac arrhythmias and shock following yew leaves ingestion
Périodique
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Yersin  B., Frey  J. G., Schaller  M. D., Nicod  P., Perret  C.
ISSN
0196-0644 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
12/1987
Volume
16
Numéro
12
Pages
1396-7
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article --- Old month value: Dec
Résumé
A 40-year-old woman presented with vomiting and abdominal pain following voluntary ingestion of 150 yew leaves. She developed ventricular conduction defects and arrhythmias unresponsive to medical treatment after admission. She expired five hours after yew ingestion from irreversible cardiogenic shock. More attention should be given to this rare but severe intoxication for which no effective therapy is known.
Mots-clé
Adult Arrhythmia/*etiology/mortality/therapy Electrocardiography Female Humans Pacemaker, Artificial *Plant Poisoning Shock/*etiology/mortality/therapy Trees
Pubmed
Web of science
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24/01/2008 17:31
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