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Paraquat Poisoning: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Paraquat is commonly used herbicide by farmers in North West Rajasthan. Despite its easy availability, poisoning of its not common. Fatal dose of paraquat is so small that >10 ml poison can damage lungs permanently.
Harish Kumar +4 more
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Paraquat Poisoning in Children [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1970 Four children with paraquat poisoning are described, with 2 fatalities. In one fatal case delay in treatment occurred as the nature of the ingested fluid was uncertain. A method for rapid detection of paraquat in the urine is referred to. The treatment of paraquat poisoning consists of immediate gastric lavage and forced osmotic diuresis.
B J, McDonagh, J, Martin
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Paraquat Poisoning In Children – A Case Report
Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Sciences, 2022 OBJECTIVES Accidental poisoning in children is a serious public health problem in developing countries, especially where chemicals used in agriculture are ingested. Paraquat is a herbicide which is still used in Pakistan.
Syed Sajid Hussain Shah, Bibi Aalia
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Pulmonary histopathology in fatal paraquat poisoning
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2021 Paraquat is a potent herbicide widely used in the Indian agriculture industry. Human fatality due to paraquat poisoning is not uncommon in this country.
Senthil Kumar +6 more
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The Corticosteroids in Paraquat PoisoningAre They the Sole Life-saving Drugs?: A Prospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Paraquat poisoning has the highest mortality rate, as high as, 50%-90% due to multiorgan failure, inspite of early interventions by symptomatic medications in the best intensive care settings.The high degree of acute inflammation was ...
HA Krishnamurthy +2 more
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Mechanisms underlying early rapid increases in creatinine in paraquat poisoning. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common after severe paraquat poisoning and usually heralds a fatal outcome. The rapid large increases in serum creatinine (Cr) exceed that which can be explained by creatinine kinetics based on loss of glomerular filtration ...
Fahim Mohamed +11 more
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Clinical experience of hemoperfusion treatment in children with paraquat poisoning [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2022 Paraquat is a fatal, rapid-acting, nonselective herbicide. Despite the restriction of production and sales of the herbicide in Korea since 2012, already purchased paraquat can incur poisoning.
Hee Yeoun Jeon, Da Eun Roh
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Neural Regeneration Research, 2015 Lung injury is the main manifestation of paraquat poisoning. Few studies have addressed brain damage after paraquat poisoning. Ulinastatin is a protease inhibitor that can effectively stabilize lysosomal membranes, prevent cell damage, and reduce the ...
Hai-feng Li +3 more
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Paraquat poisoning: A case report and review of literature
Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2013 Paraquat (1, r-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridium dichloride), a brown syrupy liquid is an effective herbicide that has low chronic toxicity because of its rapid deactivation on contact with soil.
Kondle Raghu +5 more
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Using bosentan to treat paraquat poisoning-induced acute lung injury in rats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Paraquat poisoning is well known for causing multiple organ function failure (MODS) and high mortality. Acute lung injury and advanced pulmonary fibrosis are the most serious complications. Bosentan is a dual endothelin receptor antagonist.
Zhongchen Zhang +4 more
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