Acute renal failure in a case of paraquat poisoning with relative absence of pulmonary toxicity.
A 37 year old male presented after the ingestion of paraquat ('Gramoxone', 20% w/v). Plasma paraquat concentrations indicated that he had a greater than 50% probability of death. The patient survived following a period of acute oliguric renal failure and with only mild pulmonary toxicity.
Florkowski
C M
CM
West Midlands Poisons Unit, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Bradberry
S M
SM
Ching
G W
GW
Jones
A F
AF
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D010269:Paraquat / Q000506:poisoning*
D010269:Paraquat