Blood test hope for overdose patients

GRAEME MURRAY

benefit. A team led by the universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool measured levels in more than 1,000 patients across the UK who needed hospital treatment for paracetamol overdose.

Dr James Dear, of Edinburgh University, said: “Paracetamol overdose is very common.

“These new blood tests can identify who will develop liver injury as soon as they first arrive at hospital.

“This could transform the care of this large, neglected, patient group.”