%0 Journal Article %A Clare Milne %A Andy Petros %T The use of haemofiltration for severe iron overdose %D 2010 %R 10.1136/adc.2009.171454 %J Archives of Disease in Childhood %P 482-483 %V 95 %N 6 %X A toddler who had ingested a significant amount of ferrous sulphate was admitted to the regional paediatric intensive care unit for supportive treatment. He received gastric lavage, bowel irrigation and intravenous desferrioxamine. He had a very high serum iron level of 700 µmol/l and was commenced on continuous veno-venous haemofitration. His serum iron levels quickly returned to normal and he made a good recovery, with no permanent sequelae from the ingestion. %U https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/95/6/482.full.pdf