J Korean Soc Emerg Med.
2002 Dec;13(4):578-581.
Case Report of a Severely Chlorophenoxy-Herbicide-Poisoned Patient Treated with Hemodialysis
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea. nschoer@hanmail.net
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- Chlorophenoxy herbicide poisoning is uncommon, but may produce severe sequelae. It's treatment is primarily the same as that used for poisonings with other drugs; gastric lavage, activated charcoal, etc. However, it's secondary treatment to enhance elimination has two options, alkaline diuresis or hemodialysis. We experienced a patient who had been poisoned with chlorophenoxy herbicide and had severe symptoms like comatose mentation, acute renal failure, rhadomyolysis, etc. The patient was treated by hemodialysis for 5 days and recovered from the acute state.
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