TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Iron Poisoning A1 - Aks, Steven E. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert PY - 2019 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Estimation of risk of iron poisoning is based upon conversion of the ingested iron salt to elemental iron with >60 mg/kg being associated with significant toxicity.Phase II of iron poisoning is the quiescent phase. The patient appears improved, which may falsely reassure the clinician.Serum iron concentrations should be obtained between 4 and 6 hours after ingestion.Whole bowel irrigation (WBI) should be considered if multiple radiopaque iron tablets are seen on abdominal radiography.The preferred route of deferoxamine administration is intravenously at a rate of 15 mg/kg/h. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/11 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155748944 ER -