Prolonged N-acetylcysteine therapy in late acetaminophen poisoning associated with acute liver failure – a need to be more cautious?

Since the 1970s, N-acetylcysteine (NAC) has shown proven efficacy as an antidote for acetaminophen (APAP) poisoning and APAP-induced liver failure for early presenters. The current evidence of benefits of NAC for late presenters is controversial because of the poor understanding of the mechanism of...

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Autores principales: Athuraliya, T Nimmi C, Jones, Alison L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19490595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7800

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19490595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7800

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