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Title: A young woman who has taken an overdose of paracetamol (acetaminophen)
Author/Creator: Jones, A. L.
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description: This chapter investigates the case of a 23-year-old lady, 34 weeks pregnant with her first child, seen in the Accident and Emergency department after taking 28 paracetamol (500 mg) tablets. Discussed in this chapter: what would the differential diagnosis include before examining the patient?; examination; has examination narrowed down the differential diagnosis?; initial investigations; how will this patient be treated?; and global issues.
Relation: Davidson's Clinical Cases p. 35-37
Relation: http://shop.elsevier.com.au/product.jsp?isbn=9780443068942
Date: 2008
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
Keyword(s): paracetamol; overdose; pregnancy; liver damage; acetaminophen; diagnosis; examination
Resource Type: book chapter
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/804425
Identifier: ISBN:9780443068942

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