Early hemoperfusion may improve survival of severely paraquat-poisoned patients.

BACKGROUND: Thousands of paraquat (PQ)-poisoned patients continue to die, particularly in developing countries. Although animal studies indicate that hemoperfusion (HP) within 2-4 h after intoxication effectively reduces mortality, the effect of early HP in humans remains unknown. METHODS: We analyz...

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Main Authors: Ching-Wei Hsu, Ja-Liang Lin, Dan-Tzu Lin-Tan, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Tzung-Hai Yen, Mai-Szu Wu, Shih-Chieh Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3483292?pdf=render