ALLMedicine™ Acetaminophen Level Center

Oct 21st, 2021 - Laboratory Studies Patients with amphetamine intoxication who present with no life-threatening signs or symptoms may be treated with sedation and observation and may require no laboratory workup. Patients who are experiencing seizures or prolonged...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Ingestion of excessive calcium channel blocker (CCB) agents is one of the most potentially lethal prescription drug overdoses. Overdoses of immediate-release CCBs are characterized by rapid progression to hypotension, bradydysr...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Ingestion of excessive calcium channel blocker (CCB) agents is one of the most potentially lethal prescription drug overdoses. Overdoses of immediate-release CCBs are characterized by rapid progression to hypotension, bradydysr...

Dec 2nd, 2019 - A 33-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of abdominal pain after taking #50 500 mg acetaminophen tablets over the preceding two days. He was tachycardic and tachypneic, and the initial labs were notable for a...

Nov 20th, 2019 - Approach Considerations Obtain the following tests in patients with possible rodenticide poisoning: Glucose (point-of-care) - In every patient with altered mental status Electrolytes, serum glucose level, and ketones – Profound abnormalities may s...

Dec 1st, 2016 - CASE Suicidal and hungry Mr. L, age 59, attempts suicide by taking approximately 20 acetaminophen tablets of unknown dosage.

Jul 25th, 2005 - Action Points Advise patients who ask that fulminant hepatic failure can result from a wide variety of causes, of which viral or toxin-induced (particularly acetaminophen) hepatitis are the most common. Advise them also that the only therapy prove...