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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 106-109 |
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Paraquat poisoning case series during Covid-19 pandemic
Vipin Roach, Mangla Sood, Ishaan Sood
Department of Pediatrics Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mangla Sood
Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla - 171 001, Himachal Pradesh
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jpcc.jpcc_177_20
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This case series examined the demographic details and outcome of seven pediatric paraquat (PQ) poisoning patients admitted to a teaching hospital in North India from February to October 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. All were adolescents and had intentionally ingested PQ for suicide; four died in spite of best recommended immunomodulator and anti-inflammatory therapy and hemodialysis (HD) due to multiorgan failure. We hope that the data would be of useful to clinicians who deal with poisoning.
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