Citation
H. Thabet et al., Datura stramonium poisonings in humans, VET HUM TOX, 41(5), 1999, pp. 320-321
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY
ISSN journal
01456296
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Volume
41
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
320 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-6296(199910)41:5<320:DSPIH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Datura stramonium is a hallucinogenic plant which causes serious poisoning.
Clinical symptoms are those of atropinic intoxication with psychiatric man
ifestations of dryness of mouth, mydriasis, tachycardia and hallucinations.
Diagnosis is essentially clinical. Treatment is symptomatic and suppurativ
e; prognosis is usually favorable.