STAR FRUIT (AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA) INTOXICATION: AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS DISTURBANCE IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL FAILURE

Chin-Tung Chang Division of Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Section of Nephrology, Taoyuan, Taiwan

, M.D.,

Yung-Chang Chen Division of Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Section of Nephrology, Taoyuan, Taiwan

, M.D.,

Ji-Tseng Fang Division of Critical Care Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Section of Nephrology, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

, M.D. &

Chiu-Ching Huang Division of Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Section of Nephrology, Taoyuan, Taiwan

, M.D.

Abstract

Star fruit intoxication is a rare cause of consciousness disturbance in patients with renal failure. Most cases in the literature are uremic patients on maintenance dialysis. We present a patient with chronic renal failure, who was not on dialysis program yet, suffered from star fruit intoxication with presentation of consciousness disturbance and successfully managed by a session of hemodialysis.

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