Paraquat ingestion: A challenging diagnosis

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Jerome G ^a   Eldridge, David L ^b   Lodeserto, Frank J ^b   Ming, David Y ^a   Turner, Kristen M ^b   Vanderford, Joel L ^b   Sporn, Thomas A ^a   Schulman, Scott R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Herbicide; Paraquat; Pediatric; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

PARAQUAT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFUSION; DEATH; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MUCOSA; PARAQUAT POISONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; STORAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANOXIA; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG; MALE; PARAQUAT; POISONING; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77953033379     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2601     Document Type: Article

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