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Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2004;15(6): 612-616. |
| Death Following Colchicine Poisoning: A Case Report |
| Seung Woo Kim, Sin Deuk Lee, Tai Ho Im |
| Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. erthim@hanyang.ac.kr |
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Colchicine poisoning is relatively uncommon, but potentially life-threatening, situation confronting the emergency physician. Although the toxic dose of colchicine is reported to be more than 0.5 mg/kg, it is extremely variable.
Therefore, the emergency physician should always consider colchicine poisoning to be serious, even when the dose is small. We present a case of death after intentional ingestion of 12 mg (0.17 mg/kg) of colchicine by a 30-year-old male. |
| Key words:
Colchicine, Intoxication |
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