Cleistanthus collinus poisoning: experience at a medical intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital in south India

Cleistanthus collinus poisoning: experience at a medical intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital in south India

Background & objectives: Ingestion of Cleistanthus collinus causes hypokalemia and cardiac arrhythmias leading to mortality in most cases. We undertook this retrospective study to evaluate the clinical presentation and predictors of outcome in critically ill patients admitted with C. collinus po...

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Main Authors: Alladi Mohan, G Sivaram Naik, J Harikrishna, D Prabath Kumar, M H Rao, KVS Sarma, K K Guntupalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Acute kidney injury - acute respiratory failure - APACHE II - Cleistanthus collinus - outcome - poisoning
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2016;volume=143;issue=6;spage=793;epage=797;aulast=Mohan

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