The acute paraquat poisoning mortality (APPM) score to predict the risk of death in paraquat-poisoned patients.

Chun-Kuei ChenYen-Chia ChenBruno MégarbaneYing-Tse YehChung-Hsien ChaouChia-Hsun ChangChih-Chuan Lin

Published in: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2021)

We built and validated a reliable score to predict 28-day mortality in paraquat-poisoned patients at presentation, independently from the ingestion time and serum paraquat measurement.

Keyphrases

pulmonary fibrosis
cardiovascular events
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
risk factors
prognostic factors
liver failure
respiratory failure
drug induced
patient reported
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation