Careful patient selection combined with skilled cannulation minimizes complications. Higher-risk procedures should be performed in specialist centers.

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SummaryIn a regional survey of paracetamol overdose, 201 patients were admitted to hospital over 12 months. Chronic alcoholism was present in 10% of cases. Over 25% of patients were females aged 20 years or less. Initial blood paracetamol levels were in the toxic range in 16% and histologically severe liver damage eventually found in 20% of those biopsied. This