Paraquat Poisoning and AKI – A Rare Pediatric Case Report in Tertiary Care Hospital.

Paraquat is a widely used synthetic herbicide in agriculture based country. Ingestion of toxic dose of paraquat can be fatal with life threatening effects on kidney, lungs, gastrointestinal tract (GIT), liver, heart and other organs. Till date no specific antidote or efficacious life saving treatment is established in case of paraquat poisoning and prognosis is uniformly very poor worldwide. Here we reported a case who presented with acute renal failure, shock, GIT bleeding with oral mucosal ulceration and pulmonary complication due to accidental paraquat poisoning and delayed hospitalization after poison ingestion. In spite of partial improvement the patient expired after 2 weeks of admission. So any paraquat poisoning case must be hospitalized and if needed patient should be referred to equipped center as early as possible after ingestion of poison to save life.