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Case Report
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Age
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Gender
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Country
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Presentation
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Treatment
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Crataegus mexicana (Tejocote) Exposure Associated with Cardiotoxicity and a Falsely Elevated Digoxin Leve
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16
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Female
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United States
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Drowsiness, vomiting, diarrhea, and an ECG demonstrated a heart rate of 38 and Mobitz type 1 second-degree heart block.
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Two doses of Digoxin Immune Fab
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The Forbidden Fruit: A Case of Tejocote (Crataegus mexicana) Supplement Toxicity
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55
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Female
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United States
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Weakness, nausea, abdominal pain, and ECG showed bradycardia at a rate of 48 beats/min and a prolonging PR interval followed by a non-conducted QRS complex, indicative of a second-degree atrioventricular block, Mobitz type 1.
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Monitored on telemetry for four days, during which time her symptoms improved.
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Fatal arrhythmia following ingestion of hawthorn root (Crataegus pubescens) extract: a case report
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20
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Female
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Mexico
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Abdominal pain and nausea developed into hypotension and bradycardia, with the ECG showing sinus arrest with a slow nodal rhythm and secondary changes of the ST segment and T wave that progressed to depressed consciousness and cardiac arrest.
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N/A
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An Atypical Etiology of Acute Pericarditis
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23
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Female
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United States
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Chest pain radiating to her back was exacerbated by lying down, fatigue, and loose stools, and based on her symptoms and an ECG finding of T-wave inversions, the patient was diagnosed with acute pericarditis.
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She was started on intravenous Toradol (15 milligrams every eight hours) and colchicine (0.6 milligrams daily) and discharged on a three-month course of colchicine.
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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura caused by over-the-counter weight supplement Root of Tejocote (Crateggus species)
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51
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Female
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United States
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Generalized malaise for one month with a hemogram revealing new thrombocytopenia.
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Treated with a prednisone taper that was gradually reduced by 10mg weekly and follow-up outpatient.
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