Can AST/ALT ratio indicate recovery after acute paracetamol poisoning?

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 164-167

  Mcgovern, Allison J ^a   Vitkovitsky, Irena V ^a   Jones, Daniel L ^a   Mullins, Michael E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Prognostic factors; Transaminases

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARACETAMOL POISONING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; BLOOD; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ENZYME ASSAY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIDOTES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923700450     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2015.1006399     Document Type: Review

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