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Death Due to Homicidal Paraquat Poisnong: A Case Report

National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Paraquat is a widely used herbicide that raises a significant public health concern due to its extreme toxicity even at low doses and its potential for criminal poisoning. However, most of the research is concentrated on pulmonary toxicity of
Katta Sriram, Mahesh Mandala, Rakesh Miriyala, Anirudh Suseel Nalumaru, Kattamreddy Ananth Rupesh   +4 more
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Acute Lung Fibrosis Following Paraquat Poisoning

, 2018
Paraquat is a potentially toxic herbicide that is used to eradicate common weeds. It is classified as a moderately hazardous (grade 2) pesticide by World Health Organization (WHO). Poisoning by paraquat carries significant mortality.
Naziha Sabah Neera, Aparna Das, Md Azizul Kahhar, Forhad Uddin Hasan Chowdhury   +3 more
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Acute kidney injury from Paraquat poisoning: a case report.

, 2017
Paraquat is a salt widely used as a herbicide. Although paraquat poisoning is rare in the general population, it may be considered as one of the most toxic poisons frequently used for suicide attempts, and is associated with serious complications ...
Okoye, O.C.A., Okperi, O., Slater, H. E., Rajora, N.   +3 more
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The Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease – A Unique Cause

Journal of Advanced Lung Health
Paraquat (1,1’-dimethyl-4,4’-dipyridylium) is a liquid herbicide which can result in severe and frequently lethal poisoning due to both accidental and intentional ingestion.
Sarvesh Vigram, Ketaki Utpat, Unnati Desai   +2 more
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Is endotracheal intubation a non-beneficial treatment in patients with respiratory failure due to paraquat poisoning?

PLoS ONE, 2018
IntroductionParaquat poisoning can result in dysfunction of multiple organs, and pulmonary fibrosis with respiratory failure is the major cause of mortality.
Meng-Ruey Wu, Chia-Ying Hsiao, Chun-Han Cheng, Feng-Ching Liao, Chuan-Lei Chao, Chun-Yen Chen, Hung-I Yeh, Min-I Su   +7 more
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Paraquat poisoning following the introduction of the European Union ban

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine and characterise all paraquat poisoning cases reported to the National Poisons Information Centre of Ireland (NPIC) over a 23-year period (1999- 2022), and to compare data from the periods before and after the ...
JA Tracey (20925271), Nicola Cassidy (14641380), E Duggan (14844043), P Geoghegan (10130030), P McCauley (20925270)   +4 more
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Two Cases of Paraquat Poisoning from Kota, Rajasthan, INDIA

, 2012
Paraquat (1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-dipyridylium) is a broad spectrum liquid herbicide associated with both accidental and intentional ingestion, leading to severe and often fatal toxicity.
Sunil Gothwal, Surendra Khosya
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Prognostic significance of urine paraquat concentrations of patients with acute paraquat poisoning on admission at the emergency department

, 2018
Objective: To assess the prognostic significance of urine paraquat concentrations of patients with acute paraquat poisoning on admission at the emergency department.
Tao Ma, Zhi Liu, Xiaowei Liu
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CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE INDUCED FATAL CYTOPENIA: A CASE OF PARAQUAT POISONING [PDF]

, 2016
Paraquat is an effective herbicide widely used in India, but is highly toxic on human exposure. Cyclophosphamide is used as pulse therapy in combination with methylprednisolone for paraquat poisoning management.
V., Rajesh, Singh, Ajit, Saravu, Kavitha, Sekhar, Sonal, Shastri, Barakur Ananthakrishna   +4 more
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Paraquat at 63—the story of a controversial herbicide and its regulations: It is time to put people and public health first when regulating paraquat

BMC Public Health
Background Paraquat is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, despite its high human toxicity and the overwhelming evidence of associated high morbidity and mortality. Due to the significant public health implications of the use of paraquat,
Leah Utyasheva, Prabath Amarasinghe, Michael Eddleston   +2 more
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