Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Abstract

An eight-month-old female infant with severe dengue disease, who was repeatedly given therapeutic paracetamol for severe dengue, developed fulminant liver failure with encephalopathy, gastrointestinal haemorrhage and severe coagulopathy. She responded to supportive measures and N-acetylcysteine infusion. This case highlights the potential danger of administering repeated therapeutic doses of paracetamol in childhood severe dengue disease with hepatitis.

Keywords

Hepatitis, paracetamol, severe dengue, acute liver-failure, hepatotoxicity, infection, hepatitis, children

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

Singapore Medical Journal

Volume

54

Issue

2

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