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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.
U, Tage-Jensen, H B, Krarup
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Aim:This study aimed to evaluate studies on drug poisoning and emergency servics published in PubMed between January 2019 and January 2020.Materials and Methods:The literature review was carried out using the terms “drug poisoning and emergency medicine”
İ. Hamit Hancı, Neslihan Gürbüz
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Transforming Opioid Poisoning Surveillance Through Novel Technologies: Rationale and Methodological Protocol for Applying Natural Language Processing to Emergency Department Data. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Introduction Timely surveillance of opioid‐related harm is critical to inform public health responses and policy evaluation. In Australia, where prescription and illicit opioids remain a leading cause of unintentional drug‐induced deaths, emergency departments (ED) are a vital point of contact for acute opioid poisonings. Existing surveillance
Xia T +8 more
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Restricting paracetamol in the United Kingdom to reduce poisoning: a systematic review
Background Paracetamol poisoning is implicated in about 150-200 poisoning deaths per year in England and Wales. We review previous studies assessing the effectiveness of regulations introduced in 1998 to restrict sales of paracetamol and reduce ...
Majeed, A, Morgan, O
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Use of analgesics in intentional drug overdose presentations to hospital before and after the withdrawal of distalgesic from the Irish market [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Distalgesic, the prescription-only analgesic compound of paracetamol (325 mg) and dextropropoxyphene (32.5 mg) known as co-proxamol in the UK, was withdrawn from the Irish market as of January 2006.
Arensman, Ella +5 more
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Aim:There is a necessity to identify the specific therapeutic drugs most frequently responsible for the acute medicinal poisoning to take up appropriate preventive efforts and management.Materials and Methods:This study included all cases of medicinal ...
Eman Abdel Monem Abdel Rasheed +4 more
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Paracetamol poisoning, whether intentionally or accidentally, is one of the main public health problems since the prevalence of its toxicity increased significantly in many countries.
Hadeel A Hameed, Ali F Hassan
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ABSTRACT Photocatalytic materials have emerged as promising solutions for environmental applications due to their ability to degrade organic pollutants under sunlight or artificial light. In this review, recent progress on the photocatalytic materials used for the degradation of pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental ...
Urvashi Sen +5 more
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"Social Medication" and the control of children: A qualitative study of over-the-counter medication among Australian children [PDF]
Objective. The aim of the study was to identify the patterns of use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications among children. Methods. The study used a qualitative design, with in-depth interviews of 40 parents with children
Allotey, P, Elisha, D, Reidpath, DD
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