Table I.
Clinical status of each of the 19 patients.
| SCr (µmol/l) | BUN (mmol/l) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject no. | Sex | Age (years) | Initial PPC (mg/l) | Initial UPC (mg/l) | Time between poisoning and HP therapy (h) | Duration of activated charcoal HP therapy (h) | Prior to HP | After HP | At discharge | Prior to HP | After HP | At discharge | Outcome |
| 1 | Male | 39 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 7 | 18 | 69 | 62 | 258 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 12.9 | Death |
| 2 | Male | 28 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 5 | 17 | 64 | 94 | 100 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 | Death |
| 3 | Female | 30 | 10.1 | 21.7 | 6 | 20 | 63 | 91 | 228 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 14.1 | Death |
| 4 | Female | 54 | 6.5 | 15.7 | 6 | 17 | 68 | 57 | 135 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 13.1 | Death |
| 5 | Male | 30 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 8 | 14 | 76 | 79 | 99 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 13.5 | Survival |
| 6 | Female | 39 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 112 | 53 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 7.0 | Survival |
| 7 | Female | 49 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 17 | 31 | 45 | 78 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 10.9 | Survival |
| 8 | Female | 56 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 86 | 84 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 9.4 | Survival |
| 9 | Male | 58 | 9.8 | 18.6 | 5.5 | 23 | 85 | 84 | 208 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 13.5 | Death |
| 10 | Male | 25 | 11.8 | 23.7 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 109 | 153 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 10.6 | Death |
| 11 | Female | 48 | 1.45 | 3.5 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 38 | 51 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.8 | Survival |
| 12 | Male | 47 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 17 | 70 | 101 | 188 | 5.1 | 8.9 | 11.2 | Death |
| 13 | Female | 25 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 6 | 45 | 38 | 49 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 3.5 | Survival |
| 14 | Female | 29 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 12 | 72 | 57 | 86 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 8.1 | Survival |
| 15 | Male | 33 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 6.3 | Survival |
| 16 | Male | 63 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 74 | 145 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 14.1 | Survival |
| 17 | Male | 36 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 14 | 78 | 75 | 82 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | Survival |
| 18 | Male | 50 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 49 | 62 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | Survival |
| 19 | Male | 26 | 4.3 | 16.7 | 6.5 | 6 | 69 | 92 | 88 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 7.6 | Survival |
BUN, blood urea nitrogen (normal range, 3.2–7.1 mmol/l); SCr, serum creatinine (normal range, 71–133 µmol/l); UPC, urine paraquat concentration; PPC, plasma paraquat concentration; HP, charcoal hemoperfusion.