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dc.contributor.author | Wong, Anselm | en |
dc.contributor.author | Graudins, Andis | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kerr, Fergus | en |
dc.contributor.author | Greene, Shaun L | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-16T01:48:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-05-16T01:48:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-04-01 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Emergency Medicine Australasia : EMA; 26(2): 183-7 | en |
dc.identifier.govdoc | 24708009 | en |
dc.identifier.other | PUBMED | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/12163 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The present study aims to study the implications for resource utilisation if Australia adopted recent revised UK treatment guidelines for paracetamol poisoning.Retrospective database review of paracetamol toxicity presentations and calls from the Victorian Poisons Information Centre (VPIC) and Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia, from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011. There were 200 presentations at the Austin Hospital, and the VPIC received 4272 calls regarding paracetamol toxicity. An analytical model was designed to estimate the cost of this additional treatment and referral to hospital. The main outcome measures were the potential increase in number of admissions requiring treatment with N-acetylcysteine (NAC), costs involved and increased number of referrals to hospitals by the VPIC.Twenty-five (12.5%, 95% confidence interval 8.4-17.6%, P < 0.01) patients in our study who did not qualify for NAC therapy based upon the current Australasian paracetamol treatment guideline would have received it if the revised UK guideline was followed. Eighteen (72%) of these presented with acute single ingestions of paracetamol. No patients re-presented to our hospital with acute liver injury or required admission to the liver transplant unit.Alignment of current Australian paracetamol treatment guidelines with those in the UK would result in an increase in ED attendances as directed by Poisons Information Centres and hospital admissions for antidotal treatment. This would be associated with increased health expenditure and inpatient bed utilisation. The present study does not support the clinical need for adoption of UK paracetamol treatment guidelines in Australia. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject.other | Australia | en |
dc.subject.other | guideline | en |
dc.subject.other | nomogram | en |
dc.subject.other | paracetamol | en |
dc.subject.other | poisoning | en |
dc.subject.other | Acetaminophen.poisoning | en |
dc.subject.other | Acetylcysteine.economics.therapeutic use | en |
dc.subject.other | Analgesics, Non-Narcotic.poisoning | en |
dc.subject.other | Antidotes.economics.therapeutic use | en |
dc.subject.other | Costs and Cost Analysis | en |
dc.subject.other | Drug Overdose.drug therapy.economics.etiology | en |
dc.subject.other | Emergency Service, Hospital.economics.statistics & numerical data | en |
dc.subject.other | Free Radical Scavengers.economics.therapeutic use | en |
dc.subject.other | Health Care Costs | en |
dc.subject.other | Hospitalization.statistics & numerical data | en |
dc.subject.other | Humans | en |
dc.subject.other | Practice Guidelines as Topic | en |
dc.subject.other | Retrospective Studies | en |
dc.subject.other | Victoria | en |
dc.title | Paracetamol toxicity: what would be the implications of a change in Australian treatment guidelines? | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Emergency Medicine Australasia : EMA | en |
dc.identifier.affiliation | Austin Toxicology Service, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | en |
dc.identifier.affiliation | Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1742-6723.12200 | en |
dc.description.pages | 183-7 | en |
dc.relation.url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24708009 | en |
dc.type.austin | Journal Article | en |
local.name.researcher | Graudins, Andis | |
item.fulltext | No Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | none | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.openairetype | Journal Article | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Toxicology | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Emergency | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Victorian Poisons Information Centre | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Victorian Poisons Information Centre | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Emergency | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Toxicology | - |
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