- Three Cases with Manic Symptoms and Cognitive Dysfunction after Wild Plant Ingestion
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Doo Hyun Lee, Gi Joong Kim, Ga Eul Kim, Dae Jin Chung, Jun Yeol Lee, Joon Ho Bae, Yoon Seong Kim, Chan Woo Park, Hui Young Lee, Jun Hwi Cho
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J Korean Soc Clin Toxicol. 2013;11(2):130-132. Published online December 31, 2013
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- Distinguishing wild plants in spring from ingestible plants is difficult. Differentiation of budding plants from other plants is particularly difficult. Many people want to find edible plants for health during the spring season. Scopolia japonica can cause symptoms of mania. The author experienced three cases of poisoning by Scopolia japonica. We reported on the cases with literature reviews.
- Four Cases of Phytolacca Esculenta Van Houtte Intoxication due to Misidentification as a Ginseng
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Jun Ho Bae, Ga Eul Kim, Gi Joong Kim, Doo Hyun Lee, Jun Yeol Lee, Dae Jin Jeong, Yoon Seong Kim, Chan Woo Park, Hui Young Lee, Jun Hwi Cho
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J Korean Soc Clin Toxicol. 2013;11(2):133-135. Published online December 31, 2013
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- Poisoning by Phytolacca esculenta commonly occurs by misidentification as other edible plants. The root of Phytolacca esculenta is similar to other roots, such as kudzu, balloon flower, codonopsis lanceolata, and ginseng. The author experienced four cases of Phytolacca esculenta intoxication due to misidentification as a ginseng. We report on these cases with a review of the literature.
- The Clinical Investigation of Gastric Lavage in Patients with Acute Poisoning
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Taek Geun Ok, Jun Hwi Cho, Chan Woo Park, Seung Whan Cheon, Seung Yong Lee, Sung Eun Kim, Ki-Hoon Choi, Ji Hoon Hae, Jeong Yeul Seo, Hee Cheol Ahn, Moo Eob Ahn, Byung Ryul Cho, Yong Hoon Kim
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J Korean Soc Clin Toxicol. 2005;3(1):22-26. Published online June 30, 2005
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- The majority of acute toxic poisoning occur via oral route. The most important emergency treatment of acute poisoning are gastric lavage. Gastric lavage should be considered a patient has ingested a potentially life-threatening amount of a poison and the procedure can be undertaken within 60 mins of ingestion. But, gastric lavage does not consist properly in the cases of emergency situation or an inexperienced doctors treat. The purpose of this study was to determine whether gastric lavage is performed properly. Eighty patients were enrolled in the study in 12-month period from January to December 2002. A retrospective chart review was performed on patients identified as drug overdose who admitted to ER. To assess whether there was a subgroup of patients who may have been candidates for the initiation of gastric lavage in the ER, the patients divided in two groups by time interval from toxin ingestion to ER arrival. The group 1 that admit within 60 minutes after drug ingestion was 38 cases ($47.5\%$), and the group 2 patient who admitted after 60 minutes was 42 cases ($52.5\%$). The average age was $44pm19$ years in group 1, and $48pm24$ years in group 2. There were no differences in sexual distribution of two groups. The mean time interval was $49pm20$ minutes in the group $1,258pm190$ minutes in the group 2. Only thirty ($37.5\%$) of the patients had an overdose for which the treatment of gastric lavage was potentially feasible according to guideline. The correctly performed gastric lavage was 18 ($47.4\%$) in group 1, 12 ($28.6\%$) in group 2. We must enforce education about the gastric lavage, and do so that may treat according to guideline.
- The Cases of Toxicity Caused By Scopolia Japonica Ingestion
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Gi Hoon Choi, Hee Cheol Ahn, Moo Eob Ahn, Jae Bong Chung, Sung Eun Kim, Ji Hoon Bae, Jeong Yeol Seo, Jun Hwi Cho, Chan Woo Park, Taek Gun Ok
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J Korean Soc Clin Toxicol. 2004;2(1):37-40. Published online June 30, 2004
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- In emergency department, the clinicians occasionally meet some patients with toxicity caused by ingestion of unknown wild edible greens or herbal agents. Due to there was few quantitative or qualitative studies about the mechanism or clinical features of these materials, it' s hard to approach to the patients and start the initial management in emergency department. Authors experienced the case of poisoning by Scopolia Japonica ingestion. We report this case with review of Scopolia Japonica.
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