Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- náuseas e vômitos
- fatores de risco
- dor subcostal direita
- icterícia
- hepatomegalia
- nível de consciência alterado
- asterixis (flapping)
- dor lombar ou nos flancos
Fatores de risco
- história de autolesão
- história de uso frequente ou repetido de medicamentos para alívio de dor
- deficiência de glutationa
- drogas que induzem enzimas hepáticas (indutores do citocromo P450)
- peso corporal baixo (<50 kg)
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- concentração sérica de paracetamol
- testes da função hepática
- tempo de protrombina (TP) e razão normalizada internacional (INR)
- glicose sanguínea
- ureia, creatinina e eletrólitos
- gasometria arterial ou venosa
- hemograma completo
Investigações a serem consideradas
- nível de salicilato
- urinálise
- exame de urina para detecção de drogas
Algoritmo de tratamento
superdosagem aguda única
superdosagem escalonada
excesso terapêutico
Colaboradores
Consultores especialistas
Alexander Alexiou, MB, BS, BSc, DCH, FRCEM, DipIMC RCSEd
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Royal London Hospital
Consultant in Physician Response Unit
Barts Health NHS Trust/London Air Ambulance
London
UK
Declarações
AA declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice would like to gratefully acknowledge the previous team of expert contributors, whose work has been retained in parts of the content:
Johann Grundlingh MBChB, FCEM, FFICM, EDICM, DFMS, DipMedTox, MMedTox, MSB, ERT, MEWI, MBA
Emergency Medicine Consultant
Royal London Hospital
Barts Health NHS Trust
Honorary senior lecturer
Queen Mary University
London
UK
Clarissa Ribeiro
Senior Clinical Fellow
Newham University Hospital
Barts Health NHS Trust
London
UK
Daniel K. Colby MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
UC Davis Health
CA
Alastair Newton MB ChB, FCEM
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
The Prince Charles Hospital
Brisbane
Australia
Declarações
JG, CR, DKC and AN declare that they have no competing interests.
Revisores
Ruben Thanacoody, MD, FRCP (Edin)
Consultant Physician and Clinical Toxicologist
Regional Drugs and Therapeutics Centre
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
Declarações
RT was an investigator in the Scottish and Newcastle Antiemetic Pre-treatment for paracetamol poisoning (SNAP) study. RT declares that he has no other competing interests.
Editores
Annabel Sidwell
Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice
Declarações
AS declares that she has no competing interests.
Tannaz Aliabadi-Oglesby
Lead Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice
Declarações
TAO declares that she has no competing interests.
Rachel Wheeler
Lead Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice
Declarações
RW declares that she has no competing interests.
Susan Mayor
Lead Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice
Declarações
SM works as a freelance medical journalist and editor, video editorial director and presenter, and communications trainer. In this capacity, she has been paid, and continues to be paid, by a wide range of organisations for providing these skills on a professional basis. These include: NHS organisations, including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NHS Choices, NHS Kidney Care, and others; publishers and medical education companies, including the BMJ Group, the Lancet group, Medscape, and others; professional organisations, including the British Thoracic Oncology Group, the European Society for Medical Oncology, the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, and others; charities and patients’ organisations, including the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and others; pharmaceutical companies, including Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, and others; and communications agencies, including Publicis, Red Healthcare and others. She has no stock options or shares in any pharmaceutical or healthcare companies; however, she invests in a personal pension, which may invest in these types of companies. She is managing director of Susan Mayor Limited, the company name under which she provides medical writing and communications services.
Julie Costello
Comorbidities Editor, BMJ Best Practice
Declarações
JC declares that she has no competing interests.
Adam Mitchell
Drug Editor, BMJ Best Practice
Declarações
AM declares that he has no competing interests.
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