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Acute diquat poisoning with intracerebral bleeding
S A Saeed1, M F Wilks, M Coupe
1Department of Geriatric Medicine, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. saad_saeed@hotmail.com
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|April 26, 2001
Abstract:
A case of severe diquat poisoning complicated by the development of aggressive behaviour, oliguric renal failure, and intracerebral bleeding is described. The patient was successfully managed and made a complete recovery. In this paper special attention has been given to the major clinical differences between diquat and paraquat intoxication.