Accidental paracetamol poisoning

A 45-year-old woman was referred to the Victorian Liver Transplant Unit with acute liver failure following the use of paracetamol at a therapeutic dose during prolonged fasting. Eight weeks previously, the patient had ndergone total abdominal hysterectomy for symptomatic uterine fibroids. Seven weeks after surgery, she was readmitted to hospital with subacute bowel obstruction secondary to adh…