Acetylcysteine therapy for acetaminophen poisoning

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1917-1923

  Heard, Kennon ^a,b   Green, Jody ^a,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Acetylcysteine; Hepatic failure; Overdose

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPYRAZOLE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CIMETIDINE; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DISULFIRAM; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARACETAMOL POISONING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIDOTES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866639185     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920112802273146     Document Type: Article

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