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Clinical Research

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

Chun-Kuei Chena Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan;b College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan;c Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris University, Paris, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-4320
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Yen-Chia Chend Department of Emergency medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;e Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Bruno Mégarbanec Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, AP-HP, Paris University, Paris, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ying-Tse Yehf Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Yuli branch, Taiwan
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Chung-Hsien Chaoua Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan;b College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Chia-Hsun Changa Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan;b College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Chih-Chuan Lina Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan;b College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 446-450 | Received 03 Jul 2021, Accepted 06 Sep 2021, Published online: 20 Sep 2021

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