Paraquat poisoning
Atanu Chandra, Koustav Ali Shah, Shubhashis Mahato, Moni Sankar Bhattacharjee, Tanuka Mandal
Abstract
A 45-year-old woman without any known comorbidity was admitted to our facility with painful ulcerations in the mouth, dysphagia and decreased urine output for the last 2 days following suicidal consumption of 30 mL of 20% w/v of paraquat poison. On admission, she was afebrile (temperature: 98
Topics & Concepts
ParaquatDysphagiaMedicineComorbidityUrineSurgeryInternal medicineChemistryBiochemistryParaquat toxicity studies and treatmentsHeme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon MonoxidePoisoning and overdose treatments