PULMONARY DAMAGE DUE TO PARAQUAT POISONING THROUGH SKIN ABSORPTION

Authors
PAPIRIS SA MANIATI MA KYRIAKIDIS V CONSTANTOPOULOS SH
Citation
Sa. Papiris et al., PULMONARY DAMAGE DUE TO PARAQUAT POISONING THROUGH SKIN ABSORPTION, Respiration, 62(2), 1995, pp. 101-103
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
62
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
101 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1995)62:2<101:PDDTPP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A case of recovery from acute respiratory insufficiency due to paraqua t is described. A 57-year-old farmer developed breathlessness, high fe ver and interstitial infiltrates in the upper and middle lung fields f ew days after percutaneous paraquat poisoning with rapid evolution to pulmonary fibrosis. Anti-inflammatory drugs and antioxidants, were adm inistered to the patient, though with a delay, with some improvement; the patient survived despite residual lung fibrosis. Paraquat lung, as confirmed by this paper, is not invariably fatal.