@article{ref1,
title="Deadly outcome after ingestion of squirting cucumber",
journal="Ugeskrift for Laeger",
year="2019",
author="Patabendige, Sanjeewa H. M. and Svendsen, Jesper Brink and Kampmann, Jan Dominik",
volume="181",
number="17",
pages="-",
abstract="In this case report, an 83-year-old woman with dementia was admitted to hospital with vomiting and diarrhoea. Her medical history included dementia, atrial fibrillation and seizures. She had accidentally ingested a kind of &quot;fruit&quot;, which was used as part of a flower decoration in her room. When admitted, she was in hypovolaemic shock and hypoxic. The ingested &quot;fruit&quot; was identified as squirting cucumber: Ecballium elaterium, which is known to cause vomiting and diarrhoea, according to the Danish poison centre. The patient's condition deteriorated despite intravenously given fluid and antibiotic treatment for a suspected aspiration pneumonia. She died two hours after admission.<p /> <p>Language: da</p>",
language="da",
issn="0041-5782",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}