@article{ref1,
title="Abrus precatorius poisoning: a retrospective study of 112 patients",
journal="Indian journal of critical care medicine",
year="2017",
author="Karthikeyan, Aishwarya and Amalnath, S. Deepak",
volume="21",
number="4",
pages="224-225",
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%).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0972-5229",
doi="10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_320_16",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_320_16"
}