Toxic encephalopathy after taking dried seeds of Datura stramonium in two elderly subjects

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-328

  Suk, Seung Han ^a,b   Kwak, Yong Tae ^c  

^a Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Hyoja Geriatric Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic syndrome; Datura stramonium; Delirium; Encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; INSULIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORIENTATION; DYSARTHRIA; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COUGH; DATURA STRAMONIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEEDLING;

EID: 69249098315     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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