Paraquat poisoning
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2010.04.003
- VernacularTitle:百草枯中毒
- Author:
Dan FU
;
Yanxia HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Paraquat poisoning;
Pulmonary fibrosis;
Blood purification
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2010;17(4):296-299
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Paraquat is one kind of phytocide 2,2'-bipyridine. Oral administration is the most common way to be poisoned,and the mortality is high. As so far the mechanism of poison is not clear. It was believed that a lot of oxygen radical caused cell membrane lipid peroxidize, which lead to multiorgan disturbed. The most common and severe injury of lungs is pneumonedema and pulmonary fibrosis. There is no any antidote to paraquat poison. Treatment of paraquat poisoning is stomach washing, catharsis, blood purified, immune suppressed and antioxidation.