Chronic acetaminophen exposure in pediatric acute liver failure

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Leonis, Mike A ^a,b   Alonso, Estella M ^c,d   Im, Kelly ^e   Belle, Steven H ^e,f   Squires, Robert H ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^f GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Acute liver failure; Chronic drug induced liver injury

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874618565     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3035     Document Type: Article

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