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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of voodoo-intoxicated patients

From: Acute Toxic Effects of the New Psychoactive Substance “Voodoo” among Patients presented to the Poison Control Center of Ain Shams University Hospitals (PCC-ASUH), Egypt, during 2017

Clinical characteristics

Number (71)

Frequency (%)

Neurological

 Agitation

29

40.8

 Coma

22

31

 Seizures

10

14.1

 Drowsiness

9

12.6

 Hallucinations

7

9.8

Cardiovascular

 Palpitation

28

39.4

 Chest pain

26

36.6

 Cardiac arrest

1

1.4

Pupil size

 Miosis

11

15.6

 Mydriasis

4

5.6

Respiratory

  

 Dyspnea

18

35..5

 Cyanosis

11

15.4

 Respiratory failure

11

15.4

 Pulmonary edema

2

2.8

Gastrointestinal

 Vomiting

22

31

 Epigastric pain

13

18.3