ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Bark with Some Bite
ALiEM
MARCH 5, 2024
How can people become poisoned with willow bark? With severe toxicity, patients can have altered mental status, seizures, hyperthermia, and pulmonary edema. 2013 May;5(5):330. Salicylate has a direct effect on the respiratory center of the medulla causing tachypnea. Tinnitus, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain are common.
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