Hepatic failure despite early acetylcysteine following large acetaminophen-diphenhydramine overdose

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wang, George S ^a   Monte, Andrew ^b,c   Bagdure, Dayanand ^a   Heard, Kennon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetadote; Acetaminophen overdose; Acetylcysteine; N acetylcysteine; NAC; Tylenol overdose

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CEFOTAXIME; CITALOPRAM; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ETOMIDATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; INSULIN; PARACETAMOL; RISPERIDONE; ROCURONIUM; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BALLOON CATHETER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BOLUS INJECTION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEART RATE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTOXICATION; LETHARGY; LIVER FAILURE; MENTAL DISEASE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOXICITY TESTING; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HALF-LIFE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; OVERDOSE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79953302418     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2521     Document Type: Article

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