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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...
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In an analysis of 160 patients with fulminant hepatic failure, the frequency of renal failure in the patiens who had taken an overdose of paracetamol was not significantly higher than in those with hepatic failure due to other causes. The same was found in another group of patients with less severe hepatic damage. In both the latter group and the patients with fulminant hepatic failure, the dev...
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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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5640.381-a