Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatr Emerg Care
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2004
Case ReportsUnsuspected acetaminophen toxicity in a 58-day-old infant.
Acetaminophen is frequently used by both physicians and parents for the relief of pain and fever in infants and children of all age groups. It has an excellent safety profile in therapeutic doses, but hepatotoxicity can develop following both intentional or unintentional overdoses. ⋯ In addition, initial signs and symptoms are nonspecific and biochemical evidence of hepatic damage may not become evident for 24 to 36 hours. We report the case of an infant who received multiple doses of acetaminophen during an illness who developed hepatotoxicity.