Using 0.45% saline solution and a modified dosing regimen for infusing N-acetylcysteine in children with paracetamol poisoning

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Oakley, Ed ^a,b   Robinson, Jeff ^c   Deasy, Conor ^d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyponatraemia; N acetylcysteine; Paracetamol; Pediatric; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; LIVER TOXICITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARACETAMOL INTOXICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HOME INFUSION THERAPY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISONING; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 79551478907     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01376.x     Document Type: Article

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