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nadiabarati

06/13/06 - 09:24 PM

44. Eight hours after ingesting 30 g of acetaminophen in a suicide attempt, a 17-year-old boy is admitted to the hospital with nausea and vomiting. If left untreated, the complication most likely to develop in this patient is

A

) cardiac arrhythmia

B

) gastrointestinal bleeding

C

) hepatic necrosis

D

) respiratory depression

E

) tonic-clonic seizures

mjl1717
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06/14/06 - 06:13 AM

answer-c

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06/14/06 - 08:07 AM

I think it's C...

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06/14/06 - 08:24 AM

C

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06/15/06 - 12:12 AM

y not d???? complication of over dose?? respiratory depression??

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06/15/06 - 02:53 AM

sonaliraj99 wrote:
y not d???? complication of over dose?? respiratory depression??

I think respiratory depression is more recognized with Asprin not Acetaminophen.
Acetamenophen overdose problem is mainly hepatotoxicity due to accumulation of hepatotoxic metabolite (N-acetyl-P-benzoquinoneimine)