Predictors of Lee et al for Survival After Acute Paraquat Poisoning

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Lee et al identified several predictors associated with survival in patients with acute paraquat poisoning. These can help to identify a patient who may benefit from more aggressive management. The authors are from Soonchunhyang University in South Korea.

Paraquat: 1.1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridium dichloride

Patient selection: acute paraquate poisoning, on admission to hospital

Organ dysfunctions associated with acute paraquat poisoning include:

(1) renal

(2) hepatic

(3) pancreatic

(4) heart

Parameter	Good Prognosis	Poor Prognosis
age	younger	older
route of exposure	percutaneous or inhalation	ingestion or injection
level of exposure	low	high
metabolic acidosis	none or minimal	moderate to severe
organ failures	none	multiple
leukocytosis	none or minimal	moderate to marked

where:

• Specific age cutoffs were not given. For the implementation < 30, 30 to 50 and > 50 years of age will be used.

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ICD-10