Citation

Bostan M, Bostan H, Kaya AO, Bilir O, Satiroglu O, Kazdal H, Karadag Z, Bozkurt E. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 2010; 84(1): 19-22.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiology, Rize Training and Research Hospital, Rize, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00128-009-9906-2

PMID

19937314

Abstract

The aim was to evaluate the clinical findings of patients who admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of grayanotoxin/mad honey poisoning. Thirty-three patients were included in this study. Three patients were female (9%) and the others male (91%). Median age of patients was 52 (42-68). The most frequently observed findings were sinus bradycardia (91%), nausea-vomiting (81.8%), and dizziness (78.8%). Average heart rate was 55.35 +/- 6.72 beats/min. Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were 77.86 +/- 16.64 mmHg and 46.42 +/- 12.30 mmHg, respectively. Mad honey poisoning is an important problem that is life-threatening in the Black Sea region of Turkey.

Language: en