@article{ref1,
title="Poison hemlock-induced respiratory failure in a toddler",
journal="Pediatric emergency care",
year="2009",
author="West, Patrick L. and Horowitz, B. Z. and Montanaro, Marc T. and Lindsay, James N.",
volume="25",
number="11",
pages="761-763",
abstract="The ingestion of poison hemlock, or Conium maculatum, is described in a 2-year-old boy. He had the onset of abdominal pain and weakness after being fed C. maculatum picked by his sister from the roadside 2 hours earlier. He had a rapidly progressive muscular weakness and was intubated for respiratory failure. His symptoms completely resolved within 24 hours of the ingestion. Conium maculatum is a common weed that causes toxicity by its primary toxin, coniine, which stimulates nicotinic receptors and causes a syndrome of rapidly progressive muscle weakness and paralysis. We describe the course of a benign-appearing plant ingestion resulting in respiratory failure.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-5161",
doi="10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181bec925",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181bec925"
}