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. 2014 Jan 2:8:4.
doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-4.

Common yew intoxication: a case report

Martin Vališ  1 , Jaromír Kočí, David Tuček, Tomas Lutonský, Jana Kopová, Petr Bartoń, Oldřich Vyšata, Dagmar Krajíčková, Jan Korábečný, Jiří Masopust, Ludovít Klzo
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Common yew intoxication: a case report

Martin Vališ et al. J Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Introduction: Taxine alkaloids cause fatal poisoning, in particular due to the compound's toxic effect on the cardiovascular apparatus.

Case presentation: We describe the case of a 39-year-old Caucasian man with common yew intoxication for whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation using all available methods, although delayed and extended, was successful.

Conclusions: Extended and delayed cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be used successfully to treat common yew intoxication.

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Figure 1
Native computed tomography scan of the brain. Slight hypodensity in the basal ganglia mainly on the left side (arrow) can be seen (post-ischemic changes after prolonged hypoxemia).
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