Citation

Zyoud SH, Awang R, Syed Sulaiman SA, Al-Jabi SW. Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 2011; 30(7): 550-559.

Affiliation

WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Information, National Poison Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0960327110377647

PMID

20630911

Abstract

Background: Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly encountered medications in self-poisoning, with a high rate of morbidity. The prevalence and characteristics of acetaminophen intoxication associated with long hospital stay in patients are not well defined. Objectives: This study aims to identify the clinical and demographic factors associated with the length of in-hospital stay (LOS), and to evaluate the effect of early treatment of acetaminophen overdose patients ( median hours stay in hospital) and SS group patients had a short hospital stay (

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