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Paracetamol poisoning calculator

Is patient high-risk?

Patients should be considered high risk if they are taking enzyme-inducing drugs (e.g. carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, primidone, rifampicin, alcohol and St John's wort) or they are malnourished (e.g. in anorexia, in alcoholism, or those who are HIV-positive).

High-risk
Low-risk
How many hours since patient took paracetamol (minimum 4 hours, maximum 24 hours)?
What is patient's current plasma paracetamol concentration (mg/l)?
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