Lab reference

Paracetamol Level

Drug Levels

For education. Check every result.

Anatium is a study resource, not medical advice. Nothing here is a diagnosis, a prescription or a substitute for a clinician who has seen the patient. Check every number against a current local protocol before it touches anyone, and never act on a result you cannot reproduce yourself.

Reference range

Range0 to 20 mg/L

About

Serum paracetamol after overdose, plotted against time since ingestion to decide on the antidote. Only interpretable from 4 hours after a single ingestion at a known time.

When it is low

Not detected or therapeutic

When it is high

Plot on the Rumack-Matthew nomogram from 4 hours post-ingestion. valid only for a single acute ingestion at a known time - treat empirically if staggered or timing unknown

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