| Literature DB >> 10778636 |
S Singh1, P Bambery, D Chaudhry, G Makharia, N Kakkar, D Singh.
Abstract
Paraquat, a dipyridium compound is widely used as a herbicide. It is available in India as a liquid concentrate for agricultural use and is highly toxic if ingested. It leads to renal, hepatic, cardiac and pulmonary toxicity and also causes burns of oral mucosa and esophagus as it is caustic in nature. We describe two cases of paraquat poisoning who developed serious toxicity following its ingestion and died of respiratory failure.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID： 10778636
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Assoc Physicians India ISSN： 0004-5772