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Treatment of paraquat poisoning with the membrane oxygenator: a case report
South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde
|February 12, 1977
Abstract:
A fatal case of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in a 13-year-old boy, due to poisoning by the weed-killer paraquat, is described. Attempted treatments included extracorporeal circulation. The management is discussed in the light of the histological observations, and the pathophysiology of the condition.