Bradycardia and severe hypotension caused by wild honey poisoning

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 426-428

  Dubey, Laxman ^a   Maskey, Arun ^a   Regmi, Shyam ^a  

^a Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Hypotension; Poisoning; Wild honey

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOD POISONING; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HONEY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349658886     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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