title: [Cardiac arrest during intoxication with nicotine--a case report and a review of literature].
abstract: There are numerous cases of acute intoxication with nicotine described in medical literature. The known routes of intoxication are transdermal, oral, inhalational, and intravenous. We presents a case of oral poisoning with nicotine from cartridges of e-cigaretes. According to the best of our knowledge this is first case of such poisoning in Poland. The intoxication had serious course, complicated with sudden cardiac arrest.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Toksykologii Klinicznej, Gdańsk Uniwersytet Medyczny. waldman.wojciech@gmail.com
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sein Anand
mesh_terms: D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009538:Nicotine / Q000506:poisoning*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine