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Case Reports
. 2002 Jun;19(6):310-2.

[Paraquat poisoning and hemoperfusion with activated charcoal]

[Article in Spanish]
A M López Lago  1 , C Rivero Velasco, C Galban Rodríguez, A Mariño Rozados, N Piñeiro Sande, E Ferrer Vizoso
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Case Reports

[Paraquat poisoning and hemoperfusion with activated charcoal]

[Article in Spanish]
A M López Lago et al. An Med Interna. 2002 Jun.

Abstract

Paraquat is a common herbicide in Spain. In our country there are a few cases of this intoxication and it presents a high mortality even if the patients ingest a minimal amount. We present two cases of accidental poisoning with paraquat. These patients were admitted three hours after ingestion of toxin. They were treated with with orogastric lavage, activated charcoal, N-acetylcysteine, Fuller's earth, cathartics, support measures and hemoperfusion with activated charcoal. With these treatments both patients had a undetectable levels of paraquat 48 hours after and improvement of their symptoms, gastric and intestinal predominantly . We present the graphics of evolution of the plasma and urine levels of paraquat in both patients. We review the different aspects of treatment and update of this poisoning.

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