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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6198
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred cases of severe paracetamol poisoning were treated with intravenous N-acetylcysteine (acetyl-cysteine). There was virtually complete protection against liver damage in 40 patients treated within eight hours after ingestion (mean maximum serum alanine transaminase activity 27 IU/1). Only one out of 62 patients treated within 10 hours developed severe liver damage compared with 33 out of 57 patients (58%) studied retrospectively who received supportive treatment alone. Early treatment and acetylcysteine also prevented renal impairment and death. The critical ingestion-treatment interval for complete protection against severe liver damage was eight hours. Efficacy diminished progressively thereafter, and treatment after 15 hours was completely ineffective. Intravenous acetylcysteine was more effective than cysteamine and methionine and noticeably free of adverse effects. It is the treatment of choice for paracetamol poisoning.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0007-1447
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1097-100
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Intravenous N-acetylcystine: the treatment of choice for paracetamol poisoning.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study