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Paraquat - A deadly poison: Report of a case and review

Paraquat is a bipyridilium herbicide used widely in our country and is a highly toxic compound. A 16-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency department of our tertiary care hospital in South India with the history of alleged consumption of paraquat poison. Since there is dearth of high...

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Autores principales: Saravu, Kavitha, Sekhar, Sonal, Pai, Ananth, Barkur, Ananthakrishna Shastry, Rajesh, V., Earla, Jagadeswara Rao
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082617
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.117074
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author Saravu, Kavitha
Sekhar, Sonal
Pai, Ananth
Barkur, Ananthakrishna Shastry
Rajesh, V.
Earla, Jagadeswara Rao
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description Paraquat is a bipyridilium herbicide used widely in our country and is a highly toxic compound. A 16-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency department of our tertiary care hospital in South India with the history of alleged consumption of paraquat poison. Since there is dearth of high quality evidence- based treatment for this poisoning, different treatment modalities have been tried to manage patient's condition. In this case, none of the strategies could work well. Most of the patients reported with paraquat intoxication are from agricultural background; usually such patients cannot afford the treatment expenses. This paper presents a fatal case of acute poisoning with paraquat who succumbed to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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spelling pubmed-37773742013-09-30 Paraquat - A deadly poison: Report of a case and review Saravu, Kavitha Sekhar, Sonal Pai, Ananth Barkur, Ananthakrishna Shastry Rajesh, V. Earla, Jagadeswara Rao Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Paraquat is a bipyridilium herbicide used widely in our country and is a highly toxic compound. A 16-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency department of our tertiary care hospital in South India with the history of alleged consumption of paraquat poison. Since there is dearth of high quality evidence- based treatment for this poisoning, different treatment modalities have been tried to manage patient's condition. In this case, none of the strategies could work well. Most of the patients reported with paraquat intoxication are from agricultural background; usually such patients cannot afford the treatment expenses. This paper presents a fatal case of acute poisoning with paraquat who succumbed to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3777374/ /pubmed/24082617 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.117074 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082617
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.117074
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