Acetaminophen-Linked Acute Liver Failure Cases 57% Accidental In Study
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Acetaminophen overdose was considered accidental in more than half of patients whose acute liver failure was connected with the analgesic in a study by George Ostapowicz, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, et al., published in the Dec. 17 Annals of Internal Medicine
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