Common yew intoxication: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Taxine alkaloids cause fatal poisoning, in particular due to the compound’s toxic effect on the cardiovascular apparatus. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 39-year-old Caucasian man with common yew intoxication for whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation using all available metho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vališ, Martin, Kočí, Jaromír, Tuček, David, Lutonský, Tomas, Kopová, Jana, Bartoń, Petr, Vyšata, Oldřich, Krajíčková, Dagmar, Korábečný, Jan, Masopust, Jiří, Klzo, Ludovít
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24383932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-4
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Taxine alkaloids cause fatal poisoning, in particular due to the compound’s toxic effect on the cardiovascular apparatus. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 39-year-old Caucasian man with common yew intoxication for whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation using all available methods, although delayed and extended, was successful. CONCLUSIONS: Extended and delayed cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be used successfully to treat common yew intoxication.

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