Citation

Lu CY, Chang YY, Hsu TH, Yeh CY, Lai PF. Journal of Acute Medicine 2022; 12(2): 75-78.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine, Publisher iPress)

DOI

10.6705/j.jacme.202206_12(2).0005

PMID

35860707

PMCID

PMC9283113

Abstract

Six people made the mistake of eating toad soup, and one of them died before arriving hospital. Five patients presented conscious change, gastrointestinal upset, or bradycardia. We checked their blood and electrocardiography to monitor the cardiac intoxication from toad venom. This experience revealed that the serum level of digoxin does not indicate the severity of intoxication but has the diagnostic value. And, serum potassium level is useful to provide valuable therapeutic information.

Language: en

Keywords

cardiac intoxication; digoxin; potassium; toad venom