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Case Reports
. 1979 Sep 17;57(18):957-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF01478553.

Two survivors of severe paraquat intoxication by "continuous hemoperfusion"

S Okonek, C A Baldamus, A Hofmann, C J Schuster, P B Bechstein, B Zöller
Case Reports

Two survivors of severe paraquat intoxication by "continuous hemoperfusion"

S Okonek et al. Klin Wochenschr. .

Abstract

"Continuous hemoperfusion" (8 h/day for 2--3 weeks) was performed in two patients suffering from severe paraquat intoxication. On account of paraquat plasma concentrations a fatal outcome due to pulmonary fibrosis would have been expected in both cases. However, both patients survived following "continuous hemoperfusion" therapy. Coated activated charcoal seems to have a higher affinity for paraquat than lung tissue.

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