A 16-year-old girl is admitted after taking a paracetamol OD 4 h ago. She has consumed large amounts of alcohol. Her plasma paracetamol concentration

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Kathryn

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A 16-year-old girl is admitted after taking a paracetamol OD 4 h ago. She has consumed large amounts of alcohol. Her plasma paracetamol concentration is just below the concentration level that would suggest treatment. What should be the treatment option for her?
(A) Refer to psychiatry ward
(B) Refer to medical ward
(C) N-acetylcystine
(D) Serum plasma paracetamol
(E) No further investigation
 
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