Intravenous Poison Hemlock Injection Resulting in Prolonged Respiratory Failure and Encephalopathy

Abstract

Intravenous injection of poison hemlock alkaloids can result in significant toxicity, including cardiopulmonary arrest, prolonged weakness, and encephalopathy.

Mild‐to‐severe poisoning due to Coniummaculatum as toxic herb: A case series

“…Previously, in 2017, it described a 30-year-old man from Winston-Salem (North Carolina, USA) with cardiac arrest and moderate-to-severe encephalopathy after C. maculatum injection. 25 Another case report, from Turkey, describes a 49-year-old woman who was admitted due to C. maculatum ingestion. A cardiopulmonary arrest happened during hospitalization, and she unfortunately died after 9 days.…”

“…Previously, in 2017, it described a 30‐year‐old man from Winston‐Salem (North Carolina, USA) with cardiac arrest and moderate‐to‐severe encephalopathy after C . maculatum injection 25 . Another case report, from Turkey, describes a 49‐year‐old woman who was admitted due to C .…”