ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: A Meal Worth Dying For

pufferfish tetrodotoxin

What is the most common primary cause of death from ingesting the pictured marine animal?

  1. Acute liver failure
  2. Acute renal failure
  3. Coagulopathy and DIC
  4. Respiratory failure
  5. Status epilepticus

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