Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 272-279 , September 2007

A Prospective Evaluation of Shortened Course Oral N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Acute Acetaminophen Poisoning

Presented at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology annual meeting, September 2005, Orlando, FL.

  • David P. Betten, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David P. Betten, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sparrow Hospital, 1215 E Michigan Ave, PO Box 30480, Lansing, MI 48909-7980; 517-364-4120, fax 517-364-3725
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  • F. Lee Cantrell, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • California Poison Control System, San Diego Division, University of California, San Diego, School of Pharmacy, San Diego, CA
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  • Stephen C. Thomas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Saralyn R. Williams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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  • Richard F. Clark, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Received 28 February 2006 ,Revised 1 November 2006 ,Accepted 7 November 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Richard C. Dart, MD, PhDAuthor contributions: DPB was principal investigator. DPB, FLC, SRW, and RFC conceived and designed the study. DPB, SCT, and RFC identified eligible study participants and collected and recorded all data. SRW and RFC supervised data collection and analysis. DPB drafted the article, and FLC, SRW, and RFC contributed substantially to its revisions. DPB is responsible for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that may create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.Available online March 30, 2007.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02533-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.11.010

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 272-279 , September 2007

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