title: [Paraquat poisoning: report of two cases and literature review].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra. del Rosario s/n. 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivero González
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Navarro González
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Macía Heras
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mora Fernández
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Serrano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Pérez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010269:Paraquat / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D010269:Paraquat