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Study aim
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Reduction the harmful effects of oral paraquat poisoning
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Design
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The present study is a randomized double-blind clinical trial.
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Settings and conduct
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The demographic characteristics of patients such as age, gender, smoking, poisoning time, and underlying diseases (diabetes, renal failure, heart failure) will be recorded. Then, in the first group, gastric lavage with sucralfate will be performed at the dose of 5 g in 2 liters water, and in the second group, gastric lavage will be performed without the use of sucralfate with tape water.
For blinding of the study, both sucralfate solution and tape water are prepared in a certain amount and are labeled with letters B and A and are given to the intern to use them in gastric lavage. .
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria:
1- Age over 18 years
2- Oral poisoning with paraquat
3- No more than 24 hours after the poisoning
4- informed consent
Output Criteria:
1. Having coagulation disorders
2. Having seizures, loss of consciousness or coma
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Intervention groups
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The intervention is gastric lavage with a solution of sucralfate (5 g) in water (2 liters).
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Main outcome variables
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The length of hospital stay, patients' vital signs (such as blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation), ALT, AST, Cr, BUN, sodium ditunite testing, chest x-ray on the first, third, fifth, tenth, and discharge day from the hospital will be evaluated and recorded.