Citation

Rathnayaka RMMKN, Ranathunga PEAN. Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology 2018; 26(2): 147-149.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018)

DOI

10.4038/slja.v26i2.8307

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Deliberate self harm with the ingestion of Kaneru seeds has become a popular method of suicide in rural areas of Sri Lanka. Its poisoning causes varying degrees of conduction defects in cardiac tissue. We report a 17-year-old young girl who presented with extensive T wave inversions on ECG which prevailed for four months duration following acute yellow oleander poisoning. © 2018, College of Anaesthesiologists of Sri Lanka. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; human; female; case report; Digoxin; Sri Lanka; intoxication; clinical article; hospital admission; psychologic assessment; patient monitoring; stomach lavage; activated carbon; cardiotoxicity; hospital discharge; alanine aminotransferase; aspartate aminotransferase; electrocardiogram; sodium; sodium blood level; creatinine; creatinine blood level; leukocyte count; potassium; potassium blood level; urea; urea blood level; blood pressure; Article; hemoglobin; bilirubin; bilirubin blood level; Yellow oleander; hemoglobin blood level; alanine aminotransferase blood level; aspartate aminotransferase blood level; lymphocyte count; Thevetia; pulse rate; alkaline phosphatase blood level; Plant poisoning; Thevetia peruviana; neutrophil count; T wave inversion; alkaline phosphatase; platelet count; Kaneru; yellow oleander poisoning