Ingestion of A Common Plant’s Leaves Leads to Acute Respiratory Arrest and Paralysis: A Case Report

BACKGROUND: Nicotiana glauca is a plant known to cause acute toxicity upon ingestion or dermal exposure due to the nicotinic alkaloid, anabasine. Nicotinic alkaloids cause toxicity by acting as agonists on nicotinic-type acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Initial stimulation of these receptors leads...

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Autores principales: Kear, Breelan M., Lee, Richard W., Church, Sanford B., Youssef, Fady A., Arguija, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32926689
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.5.46703

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