Lesson of the week: Acute liver failure after administration of paracetamol at the maximum recommended daily dose in adults

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7785, 2010, Pages 1269-1270

  Claridge, Lee C ^a,b   Eksteen, Bertus ^a,b   Smith, Amanda ^a   Shah, Tahir ^a   Holt, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPNEA; ULTRASOUND; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ALCOHOLISM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FATALITY; MALNUTRITION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CROHN DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MALNUTRITION;

EID: 78649992239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6764     Document Type: Article

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