Two cases of fulminant hepatic failure from amanita phalloides poisoning treated additively by homeopathy

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 252-258

  Frass, Michael ^a   Zagorchev, Petko ^b   Yurukova, Vasilka ^c   Wulkersdorfer, Beatrix ^a   Thieves, Karin ^d   Zedtwitz Liebenstein, Konstantin ^a   Bursch, Willfried ^e   Kaye, Alan David ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Anesthesiology and Toxicology Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Hospital for Active Therapy   (Bulgaria)

^c Internal Medicine Clinic for Homeopathy   (Bulgaria)

^d Sola Salus Institute for Homeopathic Research   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amanitins; Homeopathy; Toxins biological; Toxophallin amanita phalloides

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENALIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHARCOAL; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; FLUMAZENIL; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; LACTULOSE; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; NETILMICIN; NITROGEN; NORADRENALIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS 15C; POTASSIUM; SILYMARIN; SUFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL CITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AMANITA PHALLOIDES; ANEMIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURNING SENSATION; CARBOHEMOPERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROCOLIC CHOLERIFORM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS SECRETION; MUSHROOM POISONING; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERFUSION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902079861     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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