A case of acetaminophen (paracetamol) causing renal failure without liver damage in a child and review of literature

Renal Failure

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1125-1127

  Ozkaya, Ozan ^a   Genc, Gurkan ^a   Bek, Kenan ^a   Sullu, Yurdanur ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

acetaminophen; children; nephrotoxicity; pathophysiology; renal failure

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PARACETAMOL; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77957268472     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2010.509830     Document Type: Article

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