TOXICOLOGICAL INDEX OF PARAQUAT - A NEW STRATEGY FOR ASSESSMENT OF SEVERITY OF PARAQUAT POISONING IN 128 PATIENTS

Authors
IKEBUCHI J PROUDFOOT AT MATSUBARA K HAMPSON ECGM TOMITA M SUZUKI K FUKE C IJIRI I TSUNERARI T YUASA I OKADA K
Citation
J. Ikebuchi et al., TOXICOLOGICAL INDEX OF PARAQUAT - A NEW STRATEGY FOR ASSESSMENT OF SEVERITY OF PARAQUAT POISONING IN 128 PATIENTS, Forensic science international, 59(2), 1993, pp. 85-87
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal
Journal title
Forensic science international → ACNP
ISSN journal
03790738
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
85 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(1993)59:2<85:TIOP-A>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A new assessment of the severity of paraquat poisoning in 128 patients has been developed. It involves toxicological index of paraquat and d iscriminant function score. This system not only allows a more accurat e assessment of severity of the poisoning, but also provides a more re liable prediction of the outcome in an early stage for the purpose of forensic and clinical toxicology.