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Treatments for paracetamol poisoning
BMJ, 2016A 24 year old woman is brought to the emergency department semi-conscious after a suspected overdose; empty packs of paracetamol (acetaminophen) and diazepam are found with her. She is also taking carbamazepine for seizures. Her paracetamol concentration at the time of admission is 100 mg/L (660 µmol/L); she probably ingested the pills four to eight ...
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Poisoning by Dextropropoxyphene and Paracetamol
Journal of the Forensic Science Society, 1981Dextropropoxyphene and paracetamol concentrations in blood and tissue found after fatal Distalgesic poisoning are reported and compared with the levels found when only one of the drugs is used. The concentrations are similar in both death from a single drug and death from the combination of drugs.
J S, Oliver, H, Smith, B, Yehia
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Management of paracetamol poisoning
BMJ, 2011#### Summary points Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is an effective oral analgesic, with few adverse effects when used at the recommended dose. Nevertheless, paracetamol poisoning is common and potentially fatal.1 It is a leading cause of acute liver failure in the United Kingdom2 and the United States.3 Potential liver damage, predicted from blood ...
Robin E, Ferner +2 more
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Management of paracetamol poisoning
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2003Paracetamol is the most common substance involved in self-poisoning in the UK. The main advances made over the past five years in the management of early paracetamol poisoning, identification of risk factors for paracetamol poisoning, understanding of the mechanisms and management of late paracetamol poisoning and issues concerning the prevention of ...
Dargan, Paul I, Jones, Alison L
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Accident and Emergency Nursing, 1997
Paracetamol is a common cause of fatal self-poisoning in the UK every year. Despite this, it continues to be sold freely without medical supervision and can be found in quantity in most household medicine cabinets.
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Paracetamol is a common cause of fatal self-poisoning in the UK every year. Despite this, it continues to be sold freely without medical supervision and can be found in quantity in most household medicine cabinets.
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Nordisk medicin, 1995
Administration of paracetamol (acetaminophen) has analgetic and antipyretic effect. After trauma paracetamol has an anti-inflammatory activity. It was presumed that paracetamol in therapeutic doses had fewer and more acceptable side-effects than other analgetic drugs such as acetylsalicylic acid and NSAID-drugs.
B B, Lystbaek, L B, Svendsen, L, Heslet
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Administration of paracetamol (acetaminophen) has analgetic and antipyretic effect. After trauma paracetamol has an anti-inflammatory activity. It was presumed that paracetamol in therapeutic doses had fewer and more acceptable side-effects than other analgetic drugs such as acetylsalicylic acid and NSAID-drugs.
B B, Lystbaek, L B, Svendsen, L, Heslet
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Companion Animal, 2016
Paracetamol is a very common and readily available analgesic, alone or in combination with other drugs in some cold and flu products. In dogs, paracetamol at low doses is metabolised to non-toxic metabolites, but these pathways become saturated in overdose, leading to metabolism by other pathways resulting in the production of toxic metabolites.
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Paracetamol is a very common and readily available analgesic, alone or in combination with other drugs in some cold and flu products. In dogs, paracetamol at low doses is metabolised to non-toxic metabolites, but these pathways become saturated in overdose, leading to metabolism by other pathways resulting in the production of toxic metabolites.
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Paracetamol poisoning: a case study
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 1995Over a 1-year period, 24 patients have been admitted to one intensive therapy unit (ITU) with fulminant hepatic failure secondary to paracetamol poisoning. This article reviews one such case and the subsequent management which led to successful transplantation, concentrating on the clinical and nursing implications of the patient's care.
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