TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Paraquat Poisoning
A1  - Smollin, Craig
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
A2  - McQuaid, Kenneth R.
PY  - 2023
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
AB  - Paraquat  is  used  as  an  herbicide.  Concentrated  solutions  of  paraquat  are  highly  corrosive  to  the  oropharynx,  esophagus,  and  stomach.  The  fatal  dose  after  absorption  may  be  as  small  as  4  mg/kg.  If  ingestion  of  paraquat  is  not  rapidly  fatal  because  of  its  corrosive  effects,  the  herbicide  may  cause  progressive  pulmonary  fibrosis,  with  death  ensuing  after  2–3  weeks.  Patients  with  plasma  paraquat  levels  above  2  mg/L  at  6  hours  or  0.2  mg/L  at  24  hours  are  likely  to  die.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193161902
ER  -