Frequencies of Histo-pathological Findings in Patients With Paraquat Toxicity

Study of Frequencies of Histo-pathological Findings in Paraquat Poisoned Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01153230

Enrollment

Registered

2010-06-30

Start date

2002-12-31

Completion date

2008-11-30

Last updated

2010-06-30

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Conditions

Paraquat Toxicity

Keywords

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine frequencies of histo-pathological findings in dead poisoned patients and evaluate their relationships with age, gender, dosage of poisoning, time of admission and time of death.

Detailed description

Acute poisoning of paraquat which is taken either to commit suicide or by mistake has become a social problem in world. The present study was conducted to determine frequencies of histo-pathological findings in dead poisoned patients and evaluate their relationships with age, gender, dosage of poisoning, time of admission and time of death.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* every patients who dithionate test were positive

Exclusion criteria

* nothing

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
histo-pathological findings	1 day after patient died	for evaluate of this outcome we gather autopsy data

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
age	5 min after admission time	we gathered demogeraphic data such as age
gender	5 min after admission time	we gathered demographic data such as gender
dosage of poisoning	5 min after admission time	we gathered historical data then estimated dosage of paraquat ingestion

Countries

Iran

Outcome results