Edible lactarius mushrooms poisoning: An emergency department experience
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Tarih
2022
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Bayrakol Medical Publisher
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Aim: We aimed to examine the reasons for applying to the emergency department after eating Lactarius species mushrooms, which are consumed quite frequently in our region, and the relationship between the clinical outcomes of the patients and their laboratory values. Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Patients older than 18 years of age who presented to the emergency department with various signs and symptoms after eating mushrooms were included in the study. The patient's age, gender, comorbidities, and laboratory data were recorded from the hospital information system. Complaints of the patients at the time of admission, the treatment, which was given in the emergency department, the presence and duration of hospitalization were recorded. Results: The number of patients included in the study was 34, 19 (55.9%) of whom were women and 17 (50%) of the patients were hospitalized. The most common comorbidity was diabetes (38.2%), and the most common symptom was nausea (61.8%). The CRP value of the inpatients was 7.60 [4.30-14.80], the potassium value was 4.57 (+/- 0.43), and the aPTT value was 29.30 [27.10-33.70], which was statistically higher than in the patients who were not hospitalized (p-values were 0.022, 0.042, and 0.030 respectively). Discussion: Lactarius mushrooms are edible mushroom species that are benign but can cause gastrointestinal symptoms. CRP can be a useful laboratory value to predict gastrointestinal symptoms and to determine the decision to hospitalization.
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Mushroom, Poisoning, Nausea, Emergency, Hospitalization
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Annals of Clinical and Analytical Medicine
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13
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3
