[Acute Datura stramonium poisoning in an emergency department].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) October 2007 Bernard Marc, Antoine Martis, Céline Moreau et al.
The toxic effects of Datura stramonium most often include visual and auditory hallucinations, confusion and agitation. Severe and even fatal complications (coma, respiratory distress or death in more than 5% of cases) are not rare since the lethal concentration of the drug's toxic substances (i.e., atropine and scopolamine) is close to the level at which delirium occurs. A 17-year-old man was...