👉A clinician’s guide to self‐poisoning with paracetamol in youth: the what, when and why?
📌Given the importance of timely assessment and treatment, paediatric emergency staff need to be familiar with the protocol for care. Attention needs to be focused on both the medical and psychological risk, and staff need to consider the reasons behind the overdose and following a biopsychosocial assessment, ensure that the young person and family are adequately signposted for future mental health care if needed.
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.15414
#paracetamol #toxicology #fever #wiley
📌Given the importance of timely assessment and treatment, paediatric emergency staff need to be familiar with the protocol for care. Attention needs to be focused on both the medical and psychological risk, and staff need to consider the reasons behind the overdose and following a biopsychosocial assessment, ensure that the young person and family are adequately signposted for future mental health care if needed.
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.15414
#paracetamol #toxicology #fever #wiley
📌Association of Prenatal #Acetaminophen Exposure Measured in Meconium With Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Mediated by Frontoparietal Network Brain Connectivity
👉 The findings that ADHD and related brain phenotypes are associated with prenatal acetaminophen exposure measured directly in meconium suggest that the safety of the drug’s use during pregnancy should be reevaluated. #paracetamol
🔗https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2770802
👉 The findings that ADHD and related brain phenotypes are associated with prenatal acetaminophen exposure measured directly in meconium suggest that the safety of the drug’s use during pregnancy should be reevaluated. #paracetamol
🔗https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2770802