Citation

Rivas-Salazar RJ, Baltazar-Torres J, Centurión-Mora SG. Medicina Interna de Mexico 2019; 35(5): 789-794.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019)

DOI

10.24245/mim.v35i5.2519

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Acute liver failure is a rare disease but life-threatening, and occurs more frequently in patients without preexisting liver disease. Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is one of the analgesic-antipyretic drugs most frequently prescribed by physicians and self-medicated by people, whose adverse effects are mild discomfort and even lethal side effects that do not necessarily require the toxic dose to cause such serious effects. Not surprisingly, acetaminophen remains a major cause of overdose: from intentional poisoning (suicide) and unintentional (chronic use), whose major effects are ranging from fulminant hepatic failure related to overdose to death; half of these episodes are attributable to paracetamol, and these cases seem to be increasing more and more, because of its easy access and free sale. The aim of this paper is to present a case report and a literature review. © 2019 Comunicaciones Cientificas Mexicanas S.A. de C.V.. All rights reserved.

Language: es

Keywords

human; case report; Acetaminophen; clinical article; paracetamol; drug safety; Paracetamol; Article; Acute liver failure; Fulminant hepatic failure; fulminant hepatic failure