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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 87, 期 8, 页码 3332-3343出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.14755
关键词
acetaminophen; acetylcysteine; death; liver failure; overdose
资金
- Alberta Health Services
- Alberta Innovates
- American College of Medical Toxicology
- University of Calgary
Analysis of in-hospital deaths associated with acetaminophen (APAP) overdose showed that patients meeting either the King's College Hospital (KCH) criteria or serum lactate criteria exhibited higher sensitivity and shorter time to criterion fulfillment, accurately identifying the majority of patients who die from APAP poisoning.
Aims Early identification of patients likely to die after acetaminophen (APAP) poisoning remains challenging. We sought to compare the sensitivity and time to fulfilment (latency) of established prognostic criteria. Methods Three physician toxicologists independently classified every in-hospital death associated with APAP overdose from eight large Canadian cities over three decades using the Relative Contribution to Fatality scale from the American Association of Poison Control Centres. The sensitivity and latency were calculated for each of the following criteria: King's College Hospital (KCH), Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) >= 33, lactate >= 3.5 mmol/L, phosphate >= 1.2 mmol/L 48+ hours post-ingestion, as well as combinations thereof. Results A total of 162 in-hospital deaths were classified with respect to APAP as follows: 26 Undoubtedly, 40 Probably, 27 Contributory, 14 Probably not, 25 Clearly not, and 30 Unknown. Cases from the first three classes (combined into n = 93 APAP deaths) typically presented with supratherapeutic APAP concentrations, hepatotoxicity, acidaemia, coagulopathy and/or encephalopathy, and began antidotal treatment a median of 12 hours (IQR 3.4-30 h) from the end of ingestion. Among all patients deemed APAP deaths, meeting either KCH or lactate criteria demonstrated the highest sensitivity (94%; 95% CI 86-98%), and the shortest latency from hospital arrival to criterion fulfilment (median 4.2 h; IQR 1.0-16 h). In comparison, the MELD criterion demonstrated a substantially lower sensitivity (55%; 43-66%) and longer latency (52 h; 4.4-infinity h, where infinity denotes death prior to criterion becoming positive). Conclusions Meeting either KCH or serum lactate criteria identifies most patients who die from acetaminophen poisoning at or shortly after hospital presentation.
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