Managment of paracetamol poisoning: The old and the new

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1101-1104

  Nambiar, Natasha Jayaprakash ^a  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; N acetyl cysteine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALLOPURINOL; DEFEROXAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; PARACETAMOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UREA; VANADIUM;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; FIRST PASS EFFECT; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; KUPFFER CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; NOMOGRAM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PRURITUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TOXICOKINETICS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84866126088     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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