Dosage of Acetylcysteine in Acetaminophen Poisoning

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-676
Author(s):  
JEFFREY BRENT ◽  
BARRY H. RUMACK ◽  
KENNETH W. KULIG

To the Editor.— The current (11th) edition of the Harriet Lane Handbook contains several serious errors we wish to bring to your attention. These are (1) an incorrect and inadequate 24-hour oral dosage regimen for which there is no scientific basis, (2) a dangerous recommendation for administering oral Mucomyst intravenously, (3) a suboptimal intravenous dosage regimen, (4) the erroneous assertion that N-acetylcysteine (NAC or Mucomyst) therapy is ineffective if initiated longer than ten hours postingestion, and (5) an incorrectly adapted nomogram for determining acetaminophen toxicity.

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Atabak Ronaghinia ◽  
Julie Melsted Birch ◽  
Henrik Lauritz Frandsen ◽  
Pierre-Louis Toutain ◽  
Peter Damborg ◽  
...  

AbstractStaphylococcus delphini is one of the most common pathogens isolated from mink infections, especially dermatitis. Tylosin (TYL) is used frequently against these infections, although no evidence-based treatment regimen exists. This study aimed to explore the dosage of TYL for infections caused by S. delphini in mink. Two animal experiments with a total of 12 minks were conducted to study the serum pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics of TYL in mink after 10 mg/kg IV and oral dosing, respectively. The concentration of TYL in serum samples collected before and eight times during 24 h after TYL administration was quantitated with liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and the TYL disposition was analyzed using non-linear mixed effect analysis. The pharmacodynamics (PD) of TYL against S. delphini were studied using semi-mechanistic modeling of in vitro time-kill experiments. PKPD modeling and simulation were done to establish the PKPD index and dosage regimen. The disposition of TYL was described by a two-compartmental model. The area under the free concentration–time curve of TYL over the minimum inhibitory concentration of S. delphini (fAUC/MIC) was determined as PKPD index with breakpoints of 48.9 and 98.7 h for bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect, respectively. The calculated daily oral dose of TYL was 2378 mg/kg, which is 238-fold higher than the currently used TYL oral dosage regimen in mink (10 mg/kg). Accordingly, sufficient TYL concentrations are impossible to achieve in mink plasma, and use of this drug for extra-intestinal infections in this animal species must be discouraged.


1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shimoda ◽  
E. Kokue ◽  
R. Suzuki ◽  
T. Hayama ◽  
T. B. Vree

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Grana ◽  
Lawrence A. Kriegshauser

1991 ◽  
Vol 65 (05) ◽  
pp. 635-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Juhan ◽  
Serge Haupert ◽  
Gilles Miltgen ◽  
Nadine Girard ◽  
Pierre Dulac

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Amanda Mariano Morais ◽  
Daiane Naiara Da Penha ◽  
Danila Gonçalves Costa ◽  
Vanessa Beatriz Aparecida Fontes Schweling ◽  
Jaqueline Aparecida Almeida Spadari ◽  
...  

Introduction: The functional benefits of Early Mobilization (EM) capable of minimizing limitations and deformities in the face of immobility are clear, but there are many barriers to conduct EM as a routine practice in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), including the use of vasoactive drugs (VAD), since it is directly related to weakness acquired in the ICU, in addition to the resistance of the multidisciplinary team to mobilize the patient using VAD. Objective: The objective of this literature review is to raise a scientific basis in the management of critically ill patients using DVAs for EM in the ICU. Methods: It is an integrative review of the literature, with research in the databases: PEDro, Pubmed, Lilacs, with articles published between 2011 and 2018, in Portuguese and English, using the terms: vasoactive drugs, early mobility, exercise in UCI, vasopressor and its equivalents in Portuguese. Results: Nine studies were included that analyzed the EM intervention in patients using VAD, with or without ventilatory support. There was no homogeneous treatment among the researched works, varying between exercises in bed and outside, with passive and / or active action. However, regardless of the conduct, there was an improvement in the cardiovascular response without relevant changes regarding the use of VAD. Conclusion: EM is not contraindicated for patients in the ICU with the use of VAD, and it was shown to be effective and safe without promoting relevant hemodynamic and cardiorespiratory changes, which would determine its absolute contraindication.Keywords: vasodilator agents, early ambulation, intensive care units, physical therapy specialty.


2020 ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Elena A. Zaeva-Burdonskaya ◽  
Yuri V. Nazarov

This article addresses one of the most actively developing types of design activities – light design. The article comprises quotes of the leading Russian and foreign light design specialists published over the previous five years, as well as the authors’ own conclusions. The thoughts quoted in the article are sometimes opposite to each other and reflect the wide spectrum of professional practice. They reflect the initial opinions of analysts and experts which are often diverging. All of the specialists point at the interdisciplinary nature of the new profession, which imposes additional load on a designer overloaded enough already by the scope and speed of the problems being solved nowadays. The discussion of the new profession of light designer initiated on the pages of professional publications is especially important in view of the development of professional standards and standards of design and architectural education, as well as creation of new educational programmes based on various approaches to the subject in technical and humanitarian institutions. The goal of this article is to introduce light design into the field of fully legitimate sections of design culture, to define the authentic scientific basis of the new creative profession, to initiate a foundation for self-determination of the new synthetic area, which materially affects the state of the profession as a whole and the life standards of a wide variety of consumers. In order to reach the set goal, a comparative and analytical method of study was selected, which allows studying the problem to a large extent and from all angles and finding the ways of overcoming the challenges emerging in the area of the new activity.


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