Delayed presentation of paracetamol overdose

Liver transplantation after paracetamol overdose.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of liver transplantation after paracetamol overdose. DESIGN Prospective study of consecutive candidates for transplantation and performance of transplantation over 18 months. SETTING Liver unit, King's College Hospital, London. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Fulfilment of indicators of poor prognosis, selection for transplantation, transplantation, survival. RESULT...

Severe thrombocytopenia after paracetamol overdose.

Two patients with severe thrombocytopenia after paracetamol overdose are described. The platelet count was lowest two days after the overdose. Neither leucopenia nor anaemia occurred.

Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose.

BACKGROUND Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is the most widely used non-prescription analgesic in the world. Paracetamol is commonly taken in overdose either deliberately or unintentionally. In high-income countries, paracetamol toxicity is a common cause of acute liver injury. There are various interventions to treat paracetamol poisoning, depending on the clinical status of the person. These inter...

Acute liver necrosis following overdose of paracetamol.

A woman aged 30, an inmate of a mental institution, was admitted to hospital two hours after ingesting at least 50 paracetamol tablets. She had been discovered while still swallowing some of the drug, and gastric lavage was carried out almost immediately. She had been under psychiatric care since adolescence and had received various drug therapies. Currently she was taking nortriptyline, 25 mg....

Cost of the paracetamol overdose epidemic.