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Hypoglycemia and lactic acidosis outperform King’s College criteria for predicting death or transplant in acetaminophen toxic patients

Michael LevineDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Samuel J. StellpflugDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN, USA;
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Anthony F. PizonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;
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David A. PeakDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;
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Janna VillanoDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA;
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Timothy WiegandDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA;
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Christian DibKeck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA;
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Stephen H. ThomasEmergency Department, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; ;Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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Pages 622-625 | Received 21 Sep 2017, Accepted 14 Dec 2017, Published online: 05 Jan 2018

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