title: Paraquat Poisoning: A Case Report.
abstract: Paraquat is commonly used herbicide by farmers in North West Rajasthan. Despite its easy availability, poisoning of its not common. Fatal dose of paraquat is so small that >10 ml poison can damage lungs permanently. Diagnosis is often difficult without proper history, absence of specific clinical feature and lack of diagnostic test. Inhalation exposures represent one of the most important routes of poisoning. We are reporting a case of inhaled paraquat poisoning with complication of irreversible acute kidney, liver and lung injury.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College , Bikaner, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Senior Professor, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College , Bikaner, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Veer Bahadur
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College , Bikaner, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Babu Lal
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Meena
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, S P Medical College , Bikaner, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Subhash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaur
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, S P Medical College , Bikaner, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singla
keywords: Inhalation; Paraquat; Poison; Prognosis