Recommendations for treatment of paracetamol poisoning;REKOMMANDATION FOR BEHANDLING AF PARACETAMOLFORGIFTNING

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 158, Issue 48, 1996, Pages 6892-6895

  Clemmesen, Jens Otto ^a,b   Ott, Peter ^a   Dalhoff, Kim P ^a   Astrup, Lone B ^a   Tage Jensen, Ulrik ^a   Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen ^a  

^a Dansk Selskab for Hepatologi   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; IPECAC; PARACETAMOL; PHYTOMENADIONE;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIDOTES; DENMARK; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POISONING;

EID: 0029979750     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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