Delayed and prolonged elevated serum paracetamol level after an overdose - possible causes and implications

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-277

  Bihari, Shailesh ^a   Verghese, Santosh ^a   Bersten, Andrew D ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NOMOGRAM; TIME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; OVERDOSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857078653     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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