Yam bean seed poisoning mimicking cyanide intoxication

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-132

  Hung, Y M ^a   Hung, S Y ^b   Olson, K R ^c   Chou, K J ^d,e   Lin, S L ^d,e   Chung, H M ^d,e   Tung, C N ^d   Chang, J C ^a  

^a Division of Nephrology   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyanide intoxication; Lactic acidosis; Outbreak; Poisoning; Yam bean seed

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM NITRATE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANIDE POISONING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORAL PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; VOMITING; YAM;

CYANIDES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACHYRHIZUS; PLANT POISONING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEEDS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33846078419     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01245.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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