title: Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) intoxication: an important cause of consciousness disturbance in patients with renal failure.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chin-Tung
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Yung-Chang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ji-Tseng
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Chiu-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005638:Fruit / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis