Resuscitation
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 158-160, January 2007

A fishy cause of sudden near fatal hypotension☆

Department of Internal Medicine, Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PD Suffolk, United Kingdom

Received 28 October 2005; received in revised form 10 May 2006; accepted 30 May 2006.

Summary 

Seafood-borne illnesses are a common but under recognised source of morbidity. We report the case of an 80-year-old woman who presented to hospital after collapsing in a restaurant following lunch consisting of mackerel fish. A detailed food history and clinical exclusion helped diagnose the condition as scombroid poisoning. The patient made a complete recovery following antihistamine therapy.

Keywords: Seafood-borne illness, Mackerel fish, Histamine, Scombroid poisoning

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.05.021.

PII: S0300-9572(06)00316-9

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.05.021

Resuscitation
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 158-160, January 2007

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