Acute airway compromise after brief exposure to a Dieffenbachia plant

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-397

  Cumpston, Kirk L ^a   Vogel, Stephen N ^b   Leikin, Jerrold B ^b,e   Erickson, Timothy B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Glenbrook Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS POISON CENTER   (United States)

^e OMEGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Calcium oxalate crystals; Dieffenbachia; Philodendron; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

DIEFFENBACHIA TOXIN; PLANT TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIEFFENBACHIA; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LARYNX EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345707668     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.02.005     Document Type: Article

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