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Clinical features

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The history is important, and should include:

  • name of drug taken
  • how many
  • when

Initial features tend to be non-specific, and usually consist of nausea and vomiting. Patients may be asymptomatic for the first 24 hours after ingestion.

After a period of apparent recovery, there may be tender hepatomegaly and acute hepatic failure with encephalopathy. Hypotension, hypoglycaemia, and acute tubular necrosis may occur.

Reference

  1. National Poisons Information Service. TOXBASE. Paracetamol. 2023 [internet publication].

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