What resources are available to help healthcare professionals educate patients about the safe use of paracetamol?

*Ingested paracetamol = <75mg/kg. Ingested paracetamol = ≥75mg/kg. *Clinical judgement required. • If doubt then assume ≥150mg/kg. Take bloods. No blood tests. Abstract. A patient is described where oesophageal varices developed and bled 13 days after a paracetamol overdose. The bleeding was unresponsive to medical ... Dec 9, 2010 ... Paracetamol poisoning can result in lactic acidosis in two different scenarios. First, early in the course of poisoning and before the onset of hepatotoxicity. The treatment is a medicine called acetylcysteine. It is given as 2 infusions, and takes about 12 hours. Total doses of paracetamol more than 150 mg/kg over any 8 hour period for children under six and total doses of 200 mg/kg or 10 g (whichever is lower) are ... In this case report, we present a comatose patient with massive paracetamol overdose who was successfully treated with NAC, hemodialysis and fomepizole. Apr 24, 1993 ... Letter. Kidney donation after paracetamol overdose. British Medical Journal 1993; 306 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.306.6885.1129-a ... Mar 7, 2019 ... Overdose with modified-release paracetamol results in a prolonged and unpredictable pattern of paracetamol absorption. Serum paracetamol ... may occur four to six days after the drug has been overdosed. Paracetamol overdose (taken more than 150 miligram paracetamol per kilogram body weight) is an. Sep 11, 2019 ... Spot the signs of paracetamol poisoning · nausea · vomiting · lethargy · abdominal pain · seizures · coma and death. Call triple zero (000) ...