title: Toxicological index of paraquat: a new strategy for assessment of severity of paraquat poisoning in 128 patients.
abstract: A new assessment of the severity of paraquat poisoning in 128 patients has been developed. It involves toxicological index of paraquat and discriminant function score. This system not only allows a more accurate assessment of severity of the poisoning, but also provides a more reliable prediction of the outcome in an early stage for the purpose of forensic and clinical toxicology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ikebuchi
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Proudfoot
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hampson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fuke
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ijiri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsunerari
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yuasa
mesh_terms: D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010269:Paraquat / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D014116:Toxicology
chemical_list: D010269:Paraquat