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Case Reports
. 1983 Jul;84(1):107-9.
doi: 10.1378/chest.84.1.107.

Successful management of severe paraquat poisoning

S Hoffman, R Jedeikin, Z Korzets, A L Shapiro, R Kaplan, J Bernheim
Case Reports

Successful management of severe paraquat poisoning

S Hoffman et al. Chest. 1983 Jul.

Abstract

A case of paraquat poisoning was successfully treated which would have been considered lethal according to a reported prognostic index. Main features in the treatment were removal of paraquat by gastric lavage, forced diuresis, hemodialysis, and charcoal hemoperfusion. Early ventilation with low FIo2 and with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) were also utilized.

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