@article{7420376fbc0b402aa55d6cd86fc7cab9,
title = "Severe iron intoxication treated with exchange transfusion",
abstract = "An 18-month-old previous healthy girl who had ingested 442 mg elemental iron/kg was admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit. The child was treated with gastric lavage, whole bowel irrigation and intravenous deferoxamine. After 2 h of standard therapy serum iron had risen threefold to 1362 microg/dl (244 micromol/l). The child was treated with exchange transfusion (ET; 52 ml/kg) and serum iron fell to 134 microg/dl (24 micromol/l). The patient made an uncomplicated recovery. ET should be considered in severe iron poisoning when standard therapy is inadequate.",
keywords = "Deferoxamine, Drug Therapy, Combination, Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood, Female, Humans, Infant, Intensive Care, Iron, Siderophores",
author = "M Carlsson and D Cortes and S Jepsen and T Kanstrup",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1136/adc.2007.123240",
language = "English",
volume = "93",
pages = "321--2",
journal = "Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition",
issn = "1359-2998",
publisher = "B M J Group",
number = "4",
}