RT Book, Section
A1 Smollin, Craig
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184179834
T1 Paraquat Poisoning
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184179834
RD 2024/04/18
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.