Severe iron intoxication treated with exchange transfusion.
Arch Dis Child
; 93(4): 321-2, 2008 Apr.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18356385
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.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Temas:
Agentes_cancerigenos
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transfusão Total
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Ferro
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Dis Child
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca