[Paraquat poisoning: report of two cases and literature review].
Cases of poisoning with pesticides, especially suicidal ones, continue to be an important therapeutic problem. The heribicide paraquat (1.1' dimethyl-4.4' bipyridylium dichloride) is the second cause of pesticide poisoning in our country, which is associated with a high mortality rate. We report two cases of suicidal ingestion of paraquat who developed multiorgan failure with a lethal outcome. We also present a brief review of the literature, mainly focused on the different therapeutic options.
Rivero González
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Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra. del Rosario s/n. 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Navarro González
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JF
Macía Heras
M L
ML
Mora Fernández
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Rodríguez Serrano
M L
ML
García Pérez
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J
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010269:Paraquat / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide
D010269:Paraquat