Paralytic shellfish poisoning: A case report and serial electrophysiologic observations
| Autor: | Jane Sargent, Randall R. Long, Kathryne Hammer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Bulbar Palsy Progressive Neural Conduction Biology Respiratory paralysis medicine Paralysis Animals Humans Shellfish Poisoning Ingestion Paralytic shellfish poisoning Bulbar palsy Motor Neurons Respiratory disease Middle Aged medicine.disease Respiratory Paralysis Bivalvia Blockade Surgery Shellfish poisoning Electrophysiology Anesthesia Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Saxitoxin |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 40:1310-1310 |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X 0028-3878 |
| Popis: | We report serial electrophysiologic observations in a patient with acute bulbar and respiratory paralysis following ingestion of saxitoxin-contaminated clams. Prolonged distal motor and sensory latencies, slowed conduction velocities, and moderately diminished amplitudes were present at the outset. All values returned to normal over 5 days. These findings, the result of incomplete sodium channel blockade, distinguish paralytic shellfish poisoning from most other acute paralytic illnesses. |
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