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If the acute management of paracetamol poisoning is ineffective and fulminant hepatic necrosis ensues then liver transplantation is life-saving.
The indications for liver transplantation are:
It is better to contact the local liver transplant centre earlier than this. Grossly abnormal prothrombin times should trigger referral:
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