In article <[log in to unmask]>,
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>I have a conundrum...
>
>A 50-ish year old lady presented 4.5 hours following paracetamol
>overdose of unknown quantity (taken at 8.30 am).
>Can anyone suggest what might have happened? Has anyone else
>experienced the same problem?
If the quantity was unknown how accurate was the timing? Could she have
had a go earlier in the day or the day before, or continued taking after
starting at 0830. Presumably levels going up means absorption still
occurring. Any other cause of delayed gastric emptying -- acute etoh,
diabetes?
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Sam Waddy
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