News & Features — 8 June 2016 at 7:01 pm

Poisoning by Herbs and Plants

Interesting and highly detailed article in the current issue of the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Journal by James Diaz about poisoning by herbs and plants. He reviews the epidemiology of plant poisonings and their associated outcomes, and presents a new rapid toxidromic classification system to help practitioners deal with exposures to highly toxic plants.

Plant Toxidromes
Diaz JH. Poisoning by Herbs and Plants: Rapid Toxidromic Classification and Diagnosis. Wilderness Environ Med. 2016 Mar;27(1):136-52.

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