Paraquat poisoning: Acute lung injury - a missed diagnosis

Paraquat is a herbicide of great toxicological importance because it is associated with high mortality rates, mainly due to respiratory failure. We report the case of a 28-year-old man admitted to the casualty department at Ngwelezana Hospital, Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with a history...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inSouth African medical journal Vol. 107; no. 5; pp. 399 - 401
Main Authors Ntshalintshali, Sipho D, Manzini, Thandekile C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published South Africa South African Medical Association 01.05.2017
Subjects
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

Loading…