Treatment of paraquat ingestion.

Medical management of paraquat ingestion.

Poisoning by paraquat herbicide is a major medical problem in parts of Asia while sporadic cases occur elsewhere. The very high case fatality of paraquat is due to inherent toxicity and lack of effective treatments. We conducted a systematic search for human studies that report toxicokinetics, mechanisms, clinical features, prognosis and treatment. Paraquat is rapidly but incompletely absorbed ...

Survival in a case of massive paraquat ingestion.

Serious exposure to the herbicide paraquat usually results in death, either due to gastrointestinal caustic lesions, shock, and acute respiratory distress syndrome or related to the progressive development of pulmonary fibrosis associated with refractory hypoxemia. We report a case of suicidal paraquat ingestion in a 59-year-old man. Most of the indicators of poor prognosis were encountered in ...

Further clinical observations on the pulmonary effects of paraquat ingestion.

Five patients are reported who developed evidence of acute lung damage after proved ingestion of paraquat. In two the lung changes resolved; in one an aspiration pneumonia occurred, which was successfully treated, while two developed fatal pulmonary oedema. These pulmonary complications after paraquat intoxication appear more common than the progressive pulmonary fibrosis previously described. ...

Immunosuppressant Treatment of Paraquat Poisoning

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Cyclophosphamide treatment of paraquat poisoning.