Acute respiratory failure due to Nicotiana glauca ingestion

作者：Ntelios D; Kargakis M; Topalis T; Drouzas A; Potolidis E^*

来源：Hippokratia, 2013, 17(2): 183-184.

• Nicotiana glauca
• anabasine
• respiratory failure

Background: A variety of organisms produce potent toxins that impact human health through compromising respiratory function. %26lt;br%26gt;Case report: We describe a rare case of abrupt respiratory failure after Nicotiana glauca ingestion in a previously healthy sixty years old female patient. She presented complaining for gait instability and malaise after ingestion of cooked leaves of the wild plant and two hours after the onset she developed respiratory failure for which she was intubated and mechanically ventilated for two days. The patient fully recovered and was discharged from the hospital. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion: Anabasine, the plant%26apos;s main active ingredient, can cause severe systemic intoxication due to its nicotinic receptor agonist action with respiratory muscle paralysis being the main effect.

• 出版日期2013-6