RT Book, Section
A1 Aks, Steven E.
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105686771
T1 Iron Poisoning
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-182926-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105686771
RD 2024/04/19
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.