The impact of updated national guidelines for managing unintentional paediatric liquid paracetamol exposures: a retrospective poisons centre study.

Introduction: In 2015, Australia and New Zealand treatment guidelines recommended a 2 h paracetamol serum concentration for risk assessment of unintentional paracetamol liquid exposures. We assess our experience with this approach.

Methods: Retrospective case review of children <6 years-old with liquid paracetamol overdoses referred to a regional poisons information centre January 2017 to August 2022.