RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The use of haemofiltration for severe iron overdose
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 482
OP 483
DO 10.1136/adc.2009.171454
VO 95
IS 6
A1 Milne, Clare
A1 Petros, Andy
YR 2010
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/95/6/482.abstract
AB 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.