RT Book, Section
A1 Chen, Betty 
A1 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166811715
T1 Poisonous Plants
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166811715
RD 2024/04/23
AB Common  poisonous  and  injurious  plants  number  in  the  hundreds  and  have  a  wide  variety  of  toxicities.  This  chapter  focuses  on  the  most  important  plant-related  exposures  clinically  relevant  to  emergency  medicine  (Tables  221-1  and  221-2).1,2  Individual  plants  are  discussed  in  terms  of  their  pathophysiology,  clinical  features  (toxidromes),  and  treatment.3  Highly  poisonous  plants  (Table  221-1)  are  highlighted  in  depth  below,  and  brief  reviews  are  provided  for  other  common  poisonous  plants.  Table  221-2  organizes  common  poisonous  plants  according  to  toxin  structure.