Star fruit poisoning is potentially life-threatening in patients with moderate chronic renal failure

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1459-1463

  Herbland, Alexandre ^a   El Zein, Ibrahim ^a   Valentino, Ruddy ^a   Cassinotto, Christophe ^a   Meunier, Cécile ^a   Rieux, Denise ^a   Mehdaoui, Hossein ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Averrhoa carambola; Intoxication; Nephrotoxicity; Neurotoxicity; Oxalate; Star fruit

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID; CLONAZEPAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HICCUP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650844934     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1490-8     Document Type: Article

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