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“THE SIP TO DEATH”- A CASE REPORT OF PARAQUAT POISONING

Rajasekharan Parvathy, Anilkumar Asokan, Karthika Asokan, Hari Krishnan Somasekaran

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Paraquat ingestion is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in many parts of Asia, the Pacic nations, and the Americas [1]. Poisoning by pesticides is a major problem in low-income and middle-income countries. Paraquat is a toxic bipyridylium herbicide and its ingestion in a small amount can be fatal with toxic effects on the kidney, liver, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs(2 ). No specic antidote is available for this poisoning, and there is a dearth of evidence-based recommendations for the treatment (3). Here we present a patient who was admitted with paraquat poisoning, he had lethal effects of poisoning and met with death.

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Paraquat ingestion is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in many parts of Asia, the Pacic nations, and the Americas [1]. Poisoning by pesticides is a major problem in low-income and middle-income countries. Paraquat is a toxic bipyridylium herbicide and its ingestion in a small amount can be fatal with toxic effects on the kidney, liver, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs(2 ). No specic antidote is available for this poisoning, and there is a dearth of evidence-based recommendations for the treatment (3). Here we present a patient who was admitted with paraquat poisoning, he had lethal effects of poisoning and met with death.

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Paraquat ingestion is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in many parts of Asia, the Pacic nations, and the Americas [1]. Poisoning by pesticides is a major problem in low-income and middle-income countries. Paraquat is a toxic bipyridylium herbicide and its ingestion in a small amount can be fatal with toxic effects on the kidney, liver, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, and other organs(2 ). No specic antidote is available for this poisoning, and there is a dearth of evidence-based recommendations for the treatment (3). Here we present a patient who was admitted with paraquat poisoning, he had lethal effects of poisoning and met with death.

Key concepts: Antidote, Paraquat, Ingestion, Medicine, Toxicology, Toxicity, Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine

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