Intravenous paracetamol - an international perspective of toxicity

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-152

  Gray, Tanya ^a,b   Hoffman, Robert S ^c   Bateman, D Nicholas ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Antidote; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; BODY MASS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TOXICITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOMOGRAM; PAIN; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; NOMOGRAMS; OVERDOSE; POISONING;

EID: 79954509756     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.568491     Document Type: Review

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