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PARAQUAT OVERDOSE
Author(s) -
Lewis Terence D.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb71202.x
Subject(s) - paraquat , medicine , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , emergency medicine , medical emergency , chemistry , biochemistry
A young woman ingested a potentially fatal dose of paraquat (in the granular form), and this report describes the treatment carried out and her progress from admission to hospital till her eventual discharge.