However, there are still over 100 deaths a year and evidence of breaches of sales guidelines.Aim: To investigate characteristics of people taking larger paracetamol overdoses and compliance with sales guidelines, to inform possible further initiatives to reduce paracetamol fatalities.Design and methods:...
Up to 40% of all admissions to hospital with self-poisoning in the UK involve paracetamol. Most deaths are associated with deliberate self-poisoning, but therapeutic misadventures may occur in both adults and children.Access through your organization Check access to the full text by signing in thr...
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is the most common drug taken in overdose in the UK, accounting for 48% of poisoning admissions to hospital and being involved in an estimated 100-200 deaths per year. In 1998, the UK government introduced legislation that reduced the maximum pack size of all non-...
摘要: Up to 40% of all admissions to hospital with self-poisoning in the UK involve paracetamol. Most deaths are associated with deliberate self-poisoning, but therapeutic misadventures may occur in both adults and children.关键词:paracetamol acetaminophen ...
formulations per packet fell markedly, as did the number of deaths from self-poisoning with paracetamol, the number of liver transplants and admissions to liver units with hepatic damage after paracetamol poisoning, and the number of episodes of overdose in which a large number of ...
Deaths from low dose paracetamol poisoning Focuses on paracetamol which, in Great Britain, is commonly used for self poisoning. What paracetamol overdose causes; Treatment given to patients who over... G Brandon - Bmj 被引量: 205发表: 1998年 ...
biases inherent in retrospective analysis [2,6,7]. Around 150–250 deaths occur directly due to paracetamol poisoning each year in the UK and these generally occur in patients who presented late to hospital, took a massive overdose, those who staggered their overdose, or who took an ...
In the UK paracetamol toxicity is the most common cause of ALF and has a high mortality rate. It is estimated that 150 to 200 deaths and 15 to 20 LTs occur as a result of poisoning each year in England and Wales. LT is the definitive treatment for ALF patients who meet the criteria ...
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have identified molecules in the blood that could help predict the risk of a patient developing liver injury eight hours after a paracetamol overdose.
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is the most common drug taken in overdose in the UK, accounting for 48% of poisoning admissions to hospital and being involved in an estimated 100-200 deaths per year. In 1998, the UK government introduced legislation that reduced the maximum pack size of all non-...