Recommendations for treatment of paracetamol poisoning. Danish Medical Society, Study of the Liver
Clemmesen, J.O.; Ott, P.; Dalhoff, K.P.; Astrup, L.B.; Tage-Jensen, U.; Poulsen, H.E.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 158(48): 6892-6895
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 8984750 Document Number: 466379
Based on recent reports concerning the efficacy of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoning, guidelines for treatment and control of these patients are reviewed by a study group under the Danish Association for the Study of the Liver. It is recommended that NAC-treatment is initiated immediately after referral and continued for 36 hours in all cases. Further NAC-treatment should not be discontinued before a decrease in INR has been observed.