An analysis of the length of hospital stay after acetaminophen overdose

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 550-559

  Zyoud, Sa'Ed H ^a,b   Awang, Rahmat ^a   Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, ^c   Al Jabi, Samah W ^b,c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

acetaminophen; hospital stay; N acetylcysteine; overdose

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIDOTES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OVERDOSE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959753907     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110377647     Document Type: Article

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