TY - JOUR PY - 1986// TI - Pufferfish poisoning: emergency diagnosis and management of mild human tetrodotoxication JO - Annals of emergency medicine A1 - Sims, J. K. A1 - Ostman, D. C. SP - 1094 EP - 1098 VL - 15 IS - 9 N2 - 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.

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