Paracetamol overdose in starved children due to acute illness

Date First Published:

July 14, 2012

Last Updated:

July 14, 2012

Report by:

Dr Megan Dangerfield, CT3 Emergency Medicine Trainee (Bristol Childrens Hospital)

Search checked by:

Megan Dangerfield, Bristol Childrens Hospital

Three-Part Question:

In [children with paracetamol overdose and starvation due to acute illness] is [using the high risk treatment line] better at [reducing the incidence of hepatotoxicity]?