Oral or intravenous N-acetylcysteine: Which is the treatment of choice for acetaminophen (paracetamol) poisoning?

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 759-767

  Buckley, Nicholas A ^a   Whyte, Ian M ^c   O'Connell, Dianne L ^b   Dawson, Andrew H ^c  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STOMACH LAVAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHARCOAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0032692511     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-100102453     Document Type: Article

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