Does mad honey poisoning require hospital admission?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 424-427

  Gunduz, Abdulkadir ^a   Meriçé, Emine Sayin ^b   Baydin, Ahmet ^c   Topbaş, Murat ^a   Uzun, Hüküm ^d   Türedi, Süleyman ^a   Kalkan, Asim ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ORDU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d Rize General Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CENTER; HEART RHYTHM; HONEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAD HONEY POISONING; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; DITERPENES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; POISONING; RHODODENDRON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 65449161341     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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