Extracorporeal life support in a severe Taxus baccata poisoning

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-465

  Panzeri, Claudia ^a   Bacis, Giuseppe ^a   Ferri, Francesco ^a   Rinaldi, Gabriele ^b   Persico, Andrea ^c   Uberti, Francesca ^c   Restani, Patrizia ^c  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b Botanical Garden L Rota   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias; ECLS; Poisoning; Taxus; Yew

Indexed keywords

3,5 DIMETHOXYPHENOL; AMIODARONE; PHLOROGLUCINOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PACEMAKER; PLANT INTOXICATION; PLANT LEAF; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAXUS BACCATA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ALKALOIDS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; BRADYCARDIA; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT POISONING; SEIZURES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TAXACEAE; TAXOIDS; TAXUS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 77954223591     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.487487     Document Type: Article

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