One group of Syrian refugees climbed over and under a razor wire fence â with small children and an elderly woman â in order to evade the Hungarian police and thereby have a chance at quickly passing through the country.
They all used the Dexcom system. After taking 1000 mg of acetaminophen, the subjects performed finger-stick blood glucose checks at 30 minutes and 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 hours. There were significant differences between the CGM and meter readings (P < .01) for the entire 8-hour period.
Hemolytic crisis following acetaminophen overdose in a patient with G6PD deficiency. While acetaminophen is considered a low-risk analgesic in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDD), case reports of hemolytic anemia following overdose have been published. We present a case of hemolytic anemia likely precipitated by acetaminophen overdose and propose mechanisms by which hemolysis in such cases may occur. A 30-year-old female with history of G6PDD presented to the Emergency Department 12 h following an acute ingestion of 150 mg/kg acetaminophen and 15 mg/kg amoxicillin.