Table 4: severe paracetamol overdose: treatment and outcome
Authors	Koivusalo et al [9]	Sule et al [10]	Our patient
No. of patients	5	1	1
Maximum number of paracetamol tablets ingested in g (per kg body weight)	45g (473 mg/kg)	60g (1200 mg/kg)	50g (834mg/kg)
Paracetamol blood levels (maximum)	261.5mg/L at 24h	207 mg/L At 6h	900mg/L At 18h
Initiation of NAC treatment	After 18 hours	Within 6 hours	Within 6 hours
Duration of NAC treatment	24h	72h	72h (oral NAC)
Liver failure	Yes	No	No
Outcome	Death	Survival	Survival
No. of days in hospital	12 days	5 days	5 days