Low-dose exposure to Veratrum album in children causes mild effects – a case series

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Table 1.  Baseline characteristics of the patients, form and amount of ingestion, and presenting clinical features

Patient	Age	Weight	Ingestion as	Amount ingested	Latency (hours)	Symptoms	BP^a (mmHg)	P^b (bpm)	Duration (hours)
1	8	31	Root	0.5 slice^c	1	Nausea, vomiting, taste sense alteration	92/56	52	2
2	11	34	Root	2 slices	1	Nausea, vomiting, taste sense alteration, impaired vision	92/56	52	2–3
3	10	31	Root and tea	1 slice, 2 cups^d	2	Vomiting, vertigo, headache, impaired vision	88/65	76	8–10
4	10	40.5	Tea	A gulp^e	n.a.^f	None	124/80	68	n.a.
5	12	42	Root	0.25 slice	0.25	Nausea	116/72	88	4–6
6	9	38	Root	0.5 slice	3.5	Nausea, vomiting, impaired vision, shivering	124/50	104	3
7	8	32	Tea	from a 5 mm^3 cube, 1 cup	4	Nausea	119/61	78	2
8	10	37	Tea	0.5 cup	1.5	Nausea, abdominal pain, headache, vertigo, chilliness, shivering, faintness of the legs	140/91	72	4–5
9	8	30	Root and tea	0.5 slice, 1 cup	2	Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, vertigo, impaired vision	93/52	72	n.a.
10	8	33	Tea	from a 8 mm^3cube, 3 tbsp^g	n.a.	None	125/83	101	n.a.
11	10	35	Tea	from four 5 mm3 cubes, amount of liquid ingested unknown	2	Nausea, vomiting, vertigo, numbness, somnolence, dysarthria	103/60	50–60	8–9

^aBlood pressure, reference values for hypotension for children of 8–12 years old for systolic blood pressure are less than 70 mmHg + (2 × age in years) in children 1–10 years, less than 90 mmHg in children 10 years of age or older.

^bPulse, reference value for bradycardia for children 8–12 years old is <60 bpm.

^cA slice was approximately 20 mm in diameter and 4 mm thick.

^dA cup contained approximately 1.8 dL = 180 mL liquid.

^eA gulp was estimated as 15–20 mL liquid.

^fInformation not available.

^gTablespoonful.