Earlier identification of patients at risk from acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-284

  Mitchell, Imogen ^a   Bihari, David ^b   Chang, Rene ^b   Wendon, Julia ^a   Williams, Roger ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Acute liver failure; APACHE II; APACHE II risk; Drug overdose; Hospital transfer; King's criteria; Liver transplant; Prediction; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; APACHE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031917331     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199802000-00026     Document Type: Article

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