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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data on paracetamol overdose patients

From: Low rates of hepatotoxicity among Asian patients with paracetamol overdose: a review of 1024 cases

Category

n

(%)

Age (median, IQR) years

23.00 (20.00 to 28.00)

-

Gender

 Male

184

18.0

 Female

840

82.0

Races

 Malay

418

40.8

 Chinese

214

20.9

 Indian

340

33.2

 Others

52

5.1

Previous History of Drug Overdose

99

9.7

Previous History of paracetamol Overdose

82

8.0

Previous Psychiatry History

107

10.4

Drug Co-ingestion

 Alcohol

45

4.4

 Benzodiazepine

11

1.1

 Antidepressant

3

0.3

 Anticonvulsant

2

0.2

Clinical features

 Nausea

298

29.1

 Vomiting

576

56.2

 Abdominal Pain

333

32.5

 Drowsiness

149

14.6

 Loss of Consciousness

8

0.8

Circumstances

 Deliberate

836

81.6

 Unintentional

188

18.4

Treatment received

 Charcoal

425

41.5

 Gastric Lavage

486

47.5

 N-Acetylcysteine

859

79.3