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Fatal paraquat poisoning: report of two cases
S Singh1, P Bambery, D Chaudhry
1Dept. of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
Paraquat, a dipyridium compound is widely used as a herbicide. It is available in India as a liquid concentrate for agricultural use and is highly toxic if ingested. It leads to renal, hepatic, cardiac and pulmonary toxicity and also causes burns of oral mucosa and esophagus as it is caustic in nature. We describe two cases of paraquat poisoning who developed serious toxicity following its ingestion and died of respiratory failure.