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Suicide attempt with self-made Taxus baccata leaf capsules: survival following the application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ventricular arrythmia and refractory cardiogenic shock

Fanny Vardon BounesAnesthesiology and Critical Care Unit, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France; Correspondence[email protected]
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Elsa TardifAnesthesiology and Critical Care Unit, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France;
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Stéphanie RuizAnesthesiology and Critical Care Unit, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France;
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Jean-Christophe GallartPoison Control and Toxicovigilance Center, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France; ;Department of Emergency, SAMU 31, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France;
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Jean-Marie ConilAnesthesiology and Critical Care Unit, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France;
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Clément DelmasAnesthesiology and Critical Care Unit, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France; ;Cardiology Intensive Care Unit, University Teaching Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Pages 925-928 | Received 01 Feb 2017, Accepted 13 Apr 2017, Published online: 11 May 2017

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