Medical management of paraquat ingestion

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 745-757

  Gawarammana, Indika B ^a,b,c   Buckley, Nicholas A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paraquat; Self poisoning; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEFEROXAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FULLER EARTH; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SALICYLIC ACID; VITAMIN B GROUP;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY INJURY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT POISONING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANTIDOTES; CHARCOAL; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PARAQUAT; POISONING; SILICATES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80053925890     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.04026.x     Document Type: Article

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