Disproportionate effect on child admissions of the change in Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency guidance for management of paracetamol poisoning: an analysis of hospital admissions for paracetamol overdose in England and Scotland

Objective The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of the changes in the management of paracetamol overdose recommended by the UK Commission for Human Medicines on rates of hospital admission. Methods An interrupted time series analysis was carried out on data for hospital admissions f...

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Published in:	British journal of clinical pharmacology Vol. 80; no. 6; pp. 1458 - 1463
Main Authors:	Narayan, Hafid, Thomas, Simon HL, Eddleston, Michael, Dear, James W., Sandilands, Euan, Nicholas Bateman, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.12.2015
Subjects:	Acetaminophen - poisoning Adolescent Child Child, Preschool children Drug Overdose - therapy epidemiology hospital admissions Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Infant Infant, Newborn paracetamol Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Pharmacoepidemiology poisoning Practice Guidelines as Topic epidemiology paracetamol hospital admissions poisoning children
ISSN:	0306-5251, 1365-2125, 1365-2125
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