
%0 Journal Article
%T Pufferfish poisoning: emergency diagnosis and management of mild human tetrodotoxication
%J Annals of emergency medicine
%D 1986
%A Sims, J. K.
%A Ostman, D. C.
%V 15
%N 9
%P 1094-1098
%X A 45-year-old man ate the liver of the toxic pufferfish (Diodron hystrix) and developed mild tetrodotoxication consisting of hyperemesis, bradycardia, hypotension, generalized numbness, and a generalized paresis. He was treated with atropine, normal saline IV infusions, nasogastric suction, and oxygen, and he recovered after six days.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0196-0644
%U http://dx.doi.org/