Life-threatening episode after ingestion of toad eggs: A case report with literature review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-216

  Kuo, Hung Yi ^a,b   Hsu, Chin Wang ^c   Chen, Jiann Hwa ^a,b   Wu, Yung Lung ^a,b   Shen, Ying Sheng ^a,b  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; DIGOXIN; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; INSULIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; EGG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PACEMAKER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STOMACH LAVAGE; STOMACH PH; TOAD;

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN VENOMS; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; EGGS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS;

EID: 34147151098     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.044602     Document Type: Article

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