Krenzelok E P, Jacobsen T D, Aronis J M
Pittsburgh Poison Center, the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Am J Emerg Med. 1996 Nov;14(7):671-4. doi: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90086-8.
The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a much-maligned plant which is thought by the public and some health professionals to be extremely toxic. Despite pronouncements by public health officials to the contrary, the poinsettia continues to be recognized as a poisonous plant. To determine if there was any validity to the toxicity claims, 849,575 plant exposures reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers were electronically analyzed. Poinsettia exposures accounted for 22,793 cases and formed the subset that was analyzed to critically evaluate the morbidity and mortality associated with poinsettia exposures. There were no fatalities among all poinsettia exposures and 98.9% were accidental in nature, with 93.3% involving children. The majority of exposed patients (96.1%) were not treated in a health care facility and 92.4% did not develop any toxicity related to their exposure to the poinsettia. Most patients do not require any type of therapy and can be treated without referral to a health care facility.
一品红（大戟属植物）是一种备受诋毁的植物，公众和一些健康专家认为它具有极强的毒性。尽管公共卫生官员已发表相反声明，但一品红仍被视为有毒植物。为了确定毒性说法是否有任何依据，对向美国毒物控制中心协会报告的849,575起植物接触事件进行了电子分析。一品红接触事件占22,793起，形成了用于批判性评估与一品红接触相关的发病率和死亡率的分析子集。在所有一品红接触事件中均无死亡病例，98.9%为意外接触，其中93.3%涉及儿童。大多数接触患者（96.1%）未在医疗机构接受治疗，92.4%未因接触一品红而出现任何毒性反应。大多数患者不需要任何类型的治疗，无需转诊至医疗机构即可接受治疗。
