Amatoxin poisoning: Case reports and review of current therapies

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-121

  Ward, Jeanine ^a   Kapadia, Kishan ^b   Brush, Eric ^a   Salhanick, Steven D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amanita; cimetidine; high dose penicillin; mushroom poisoning; photo identification; silibinin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMANITIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CIMETIDINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; ONDANSETRON; PENICILLIN G; SILIBININ; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; SILYMARIN;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; AGED; AMANITA; AMANITA OCREATA; AMATOXIN POISONING; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSHROOM POISONING; PALPATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIDE EFFECT; SILYBUM MARIANUM; SUBURBAN AREA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VOMITING;

AGED; AMANITA; AMANITINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSHROOM POISONING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872349432     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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