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Case Report
A Case of Acute Tubular Necrosis Induced by paraquat (Gramoxon®) Intoxication
Young Guk Kim, Dong Gun Park, Kee Hwan You, Keun Haeng Cho, Young Sook Hong, Soon Kyum Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(8):1143-1148.   Published online August 15, 1994
Paraquat (1, 1'-dimethy1-4, 4'dipyridium chlorde: Gramoxon￠c) was first discovered in England in 1955. It has been widely distributed for use in Korea since 1970 as a pesticide and also often the cause of accidental intoxications. The authors would like to report the following case of paraquat intoxication in a 13 year old female child admitted via emergency room with complaints...
Original Article
A case of paraquat poisoning in child.
Min Yong Oum, Sung Ik Cho, Young Chang Kim, Hak Ju Cha, Sang Jhoo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(11):1540-1545.   Published online November 30, 1989
Paraquat is a widely used herbicide and its poisoning in human induces acute renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, progressive respiratory failure, oral cavity ulcer and cardiac manifestations with high mortality rate. We experienced a case of paraquat poisoning in a 12 years old child who revealed acute renal failure, pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and died 44 hours at acciden- tal ingestion of paraquat solution inspite of...
Paraquat Poisoning.
Soo Yup Lee, Jeh Hoon Shin, Woo Gill Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(8):891-900.   Published online August 31, 1987
Paraquat is a widely used herbicide and in human its poisoning induces acute renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, progressive respiratory failure, and oral cavity ulcer etc. with high mortality rate of 30-70%. The authors analyzed twenty-one cases of paraquat poisoning who were admitted at Hanyang University Hospital from May, 1972 to December, 1986 and the results were as followings. 1) Among 21 cases, 11 cases were...