Toxic ingestions in children

Toxic ingestions in children

Paracetamol treatment graph. This consists of a normal treatment line, which connects 1.32 mmol/L (200 mg/L) at 4 hours and 0.04 mmol/L (6.25 mg/L) at 24 hours, and a high-risk treatment line for those at increased risk of liver damage, which connects the points at 50% of the plasma paracetamol concentrations of the normal line. Patients should be treated if their plasma paracetamol concentration is above their appropriate treatment line

With permission of Professor P.A. Routledge, Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre, Cardiff University

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