Li Zhou, Saverio M Maviglia, Lisa M Mahoney, Frank Chang, E John Orav, Joseph Plasek, Laura J Boulware, David W Bates, Roberto A Rocha
BACKGROUND: We investigated acetaminophen use and identify factors contributing to supratherapeutic dosing of acetaminophen in hospitalized patients. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the electronic health records of adult patients who were admitted to 2 academic tertiary care hospitals (hospital A amd hospital B) from June 1, 2010, to August 31, 2010, and who received acetaminophen during their hospitalization. Patients' acetaminophen administration records (including drug name, dose, administration time, hospital units, etc), demographic data, diagnoses, and results from liver function tests were obtained...
December 10, 2012: Archives of Internal Medicine