The authors present a retrospective study of paraquat poisoning cases admitted at an Internal Medicine department of a central hospital. This analysis includes a 7.5 years period, involving 26 cases, with male sex predominance (16 patients) and ages between 16 and 74 years old. The mean time elapsed between the toxic ingestion andflrst health care was 1,8 hours if they were admitted in the first 24 hours; th...