| Literature DB >> 27042505 |
Harish Kumar1, Veer Bahadur Singh2, Babu Lal Meena3, Subhash Gaur3, Rahul Singla4.
Abstract
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. Diagnosis is often difficult without proper history, absence of specific clinical feature and lack of diagnostic test. Inhalation exposures represent one of the most important routes of poisoning. We are reporting a case of inhaled paraquat poisoning with complication of irreversible acute kidney, liver and lung injury.Entities:
Keywords: Inhalation; Paraquat; Poison; Prognosis
Year: 2016 PMID: 27042505 PMCID: PMC4800571 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/15858.7204
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X