Does the patient history predict hepatotoxicity after acute paracetamol overdose?

W S Waring; O D G Robinson; A F L Stephen; M A Dow; J M Pettie

doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcm139

Does the patient history predict hepatotoxicity after acute paracetamol overdose?

W S Waring, O D G Robinson, A F L Stephen, M A Dow, J M Pettie

Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences

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Abstract

Initial management of patients who were presented to hospital after acute paracetamol overdose depends on the suspected amount ingested and more than 12 g is potentially fatal. However, the validity of this approach has received comparatively little attention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-5
Number of pages	5
Journal	QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
Volume	101
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcm139
Publication status	Published - 2008

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