Nutmeg Poisonings: A Retrospective Review of 10 Years Experience from the Illinois Poison Center, 2001-2011

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-151

  Ehrenpreis, Jamie E ^a   DesLauriers, Carol ^b   Lank, Patrick ^c   Armstrong, P Keelan ^d   Leikin, Jerrold B ^e  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS POISON CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hallucinogen; Myristicin oil; Nutmeg; Overdose; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; CLONAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DULOXETINE; INFUSION FLUID; LISDEXAMFETAMINE; PARACETAMOL; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALLUCINOGENIC PLANT; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; NUTMEG; PLANT INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EYE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HOME ACCIDENT; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLANT SEED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPICE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EYE; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEEDS; SPICES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902378579     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-013-0379-7     Document Type: Review

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