Key Features of the Patient-Tailored N-Acetylcysteine Protocol

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-452

  Tsai, Chu Lin ^a   Fang, Cheng Chung ^b   Walson, Philip D ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; PARACETAMOL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949158407     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.09.038     Document Type: Letter

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