Omnia SanaA case of Veratrum poisoning
Abstract
A poisoning from a Veratrum album infusion mistaken for Gentiana lutea is described. Confusion between these two plants can easily occur because they are very similar, although flowers and disposition of leaves allow their botanic determinat: V. album leaves are alternate and flowers are white, while G. lutea leaves are opposite and flowers yellow. The poisoning involves gastrointestinal (pyrosis, vomiting) and cardiocirculatory systems (bradyarrhy-thmias, A-V dissociation, vasodilatation) Atropine is the drug of choice.
How to cite
Festa, M. and Andreetto, B. and Ballaris, M. A. and Panio, A. and Piervittori, R (1996) 'A case of Veratrum poisoning', Minerva Anestesiologica, 62(5), pp. 195-6. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9045097/
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