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Intoxication with foothill camas (Zigadenus paniculatus).

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Eight adults ingested foothill camas (Zigadenus paniculatus) bulbs in Juab County, Utah, believing them to be nontoxic wild bulbs. All who ingested the bulbs became ill, and three of them required admission for supportive care. All patients had nausea; other findings included vomiting, abdominal

Zigadenus poisoning.

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Significant toxicity can result from ingestion of certain species of the Zigadenus plant, an herb occasionally confused with nontoxic wild onions. A 50-year-old man inadvertently ingested Z paniculatus and presented to the emergency department with profound gastrointestinal toxicity, hypotension,

Zigadenus poisoning treated with atropine and dopamine.

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BACKGROUND Zigadenus (commonly known as "death camas" or "mountain camas") is a common plant in the lily family found throughout the United States. Its onion-like roots can be mistaken for an edible plant. Ingestion may cause hemodynamic instability which has successfully been treated with atropine.

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