Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

A STUDY OF PARAQUAT POISONING

Dr. Vidya Sunil Patil, Dr. Girish Vasantrao Patil

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 Paraquat is highly toxic for human and most animals. Ingestion of paraquat is the most common route of poisoning ,however poisoning through other routes including dermal of mucus contact inhalation or injection have also been reported. The present observational descriptive study was undertaken in a tertiary care hospital to study some important clinic–epidemiological features of this important poisoning. In our 100 cases of study, most common age group associated with PQ poisoning was between 21–30 years of age, 64% were males and 36% were females. Most common complication was ARDS(67%) followed by Multi Organ failure (58%), ARF (54%) and hepatitis (48%). 27% of the patients in the study improved and got discharge without complication, 9% were discharged against medical advice and 64% were expired.

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Dr. Vidya Sunil Patil, Dr. Girish Vasantrao Patil A STUDY OF PARAQUAT POISONING Dr. Vidya Sunil Patil, Dr. Girish Vasantrao Patil

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