Acute liver failure following cleft palate repair: A case of therapeutic acetaminophen toxicity

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 747-750

  Iorio, Matthew L ^a   Cheerharan, Meera ^b   Kaufman, Stuart S ^a   Reece Stremtan, Sarah ^c   Boyajian, Michael ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Cleft palate; Halothane hepatitis; Hepatic failure

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYGLUTAMIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACYLCARNITINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; CARNITINE; CITRULLINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LACTIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLACETIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; INTESTINE DISTENSION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LETHARGY; LIVER TOXICITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MYRINGOTOMY TUBE; PALATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CLEFT PALATE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE;

EID: 84872067758     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/12-109     Document Type: Article

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