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‘Jamaican Stone’: A potentially lethal remedy for delaying ejaculation
- Source :
- Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition), Vol 36, Iss 2, Pp 143.e1-143.e4 (2017), Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, Vol 36, Iss 2, Pp 143.e1-143.e4 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2017.
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Abstract
- Poisoning by ingestion of ‘Jamaican Stone’, a kind of cardioactive steroid, is extremely rare. However, mortality is very high. For this reason, when it occurs, an early and accurate diagnosis represents a critical challenge for clinicians. We present an unusual case of electrical storm caused by this substance. Resumo: O envenenamento por ingestão de «pedra jamaicana», um tipo de esteroide cardioativo, é extremamente raro. Contudo, dado esta situação se associar a uma mortalidade muito elevada, o diagnóstico precoce e rigoroso desta situação pode ser clinicamente crucial. É retratado um caso pouco comum de tempestade arrítmica causada por esta substância. Keywords: Jamaican Stone, Cardenolides, Bufadienolides, Cardioactive steroids, Palavras-chave: Pedra jamaicana, Cardenolídeos, Bufadienolídeos, Esteroides cardioativos
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Ejaculation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Humans
Medicine
Ingestion
030212 general & internal medicine
Premature Ejaculation
Atrioventricular Block
Intensive care medicine
General Environmental Science
Unusual case
business.industry
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Dermatology
Bufanolides
Endocrinology
lcsh:RC666-701
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21742049
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....28064311beeeb95d9c1fbe2cf538a63c