QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
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Multicenter Study
Liver unit admission following paracetamol overdose with concentrations below current UK treatment thresholds.
It has been suggested that current UK thresholds for treating paracetamol overdose should be reduced, following case reports of patients developing fatal liver failure after presenting with paracetamol concentrations below these thresholds. ⋯ In view of the rarity of this event, this research does not suggest a need to lower the current thresholds for antidotal treatment.