Citation

Karthikeyan A, Amalnath SD. Indian J. Crit. Care Med. 2017; 21(4): 224-225.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_320_16

PMID

28515607

PMCID

PMC5416790

Abstract

Abrus precatorius is a rare but important cause of plant poisoning, especially in tropical countries like India. Most of the published literature on Abrus is limited a few case reports. Hence, we did a retrospective study the clinical features and outcome of Abrus poisoning. Case records of patients admitted to medicine wards during 7 years were included in the study. A total of 112 patients were studied. The majority were females (78%), and most of the patients were between 13 and 30 years (81%). Diarrhea was the most common symptom (66%), and blood in stools was present in (33%). Six patients had died with a mortality rate of (5.35%).

Language: en

Keywords

Abrus precatorius; India; case series; poisoning