The Corticosteroids in Paraquat PoisoningAre They the Sole Life-saving Drugs?: A Prospective Cohort Study
Introduction: Paraquat poisoning has the highest mortality rate, as high as, 50%-90% due to multiorgan failure, inspite of early interventions by symptomatic medications in the best intensive care settings.The high degree of acute inflammation was found in the subjects of paraquat poisoning with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/18149/64338_CE[Ra1]_F(IS)_PF1_(SP_SHU_OM)_PFA(HB_KM)_PN(KM).pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: Paraquat poisoning has the highest mortality
rate, as high as, 50%-90% due to multiorgan failure, inspite
of early interventions by symptomatic medications in the best
intensive care settings.The high degree of acute inflammation
was found in the subjects of paraquat poisoning with
multiorgan failure. There are no specific antidotes at present
for the paraquat poison.
Aim: To know the role of corticosteroid as a life-saving drug in
paraquat poisoning.
Materials and Methods: This prospective cohort study was
conducted in the Department of Internal Medicine at KR
Hospital, Mysuru, Karnataka, India. The duration of the study
was eight months, from August 2022 to March 2023. A total
of 108 subjects suffering from paraquat poisoning and were
divided into two arms, arm one constitutes 70 (64.8%) subjects,
they were given 1 gm of methylprednisolone, intravenously for
five days with haemoperfusion. The arm two constitutes 38
(35.2%) subjects, they were treated with symptomatic drugs
with haemoperfusion. Both the groups were followed-up during
the hospital stay, to look for the outcome. The Chi-square test
was applied to assess the association between two variables.
The data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 (IBM Chicago).
Results: The present study was done on 108 subjects, 43
(39.81%) were females and 65 (60.18%) were males. The majority
of subjects showed high level of acute inflammatory mediators
with multiorgan dysfunction. The subjects on corticosteroids (i.v.
methylprednisolone) with haemoperfusion showed low mortality
12 (17.14%) and high survival rate 58 (82.85%) (p-value=0.001)
as compared to the subjects on symptomatic treatment with
haemoperfusion, with mortality of 36 (94.73%) (p-value=0.01).
Conclusion: The early administration of high doses of
corticosteroids in subjects with paraquat poisoning had been
shown to provide tangible and measurable mortality benefits as
compared to the symptomatic medications. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |