Document Type
Article (Restricted)
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
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Singapore Medical Journal
Volume
54
Issue
2
Publisher
Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd
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