Intravenous paracetamol toxicity in a malnourished child

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-76

  Berling, Ingrid ^a   Anscombe, Michael ^b,c   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,d  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gut and Hepatotoxicity; Other; Paracetamol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEVER; GASTRIC DYSMOTILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 84855911699     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2011.631189     Document Type: Article

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