[Deliberate poisoning with paraquat, death in less than 24 hours].
This paper describes a case of deliberate massive ingestion of Paraquat (over 300 mg/Kg). Evolution is toward a circulatory insufficiency with metabolic acidosis, hyperglycemia, and early death (18 hours). Severe pulmonary failure would have been expected, but not appeared. Autopsy revealed patchy necrosis of the liver but no severe damage of the other organs, including lung and adrenal.
D000138:Acidosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects; D010269:Paraquat / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide
D010269:Paraquat
Intoxication volontaire par le paraquat, mortelle en moins de 24h.