[Acute poisoning by I.M. iron. Report of a fatal case (author's transl)].
The case of a five months-old child who received 44 mg/Kg of Fe-sorbitol I.M. by mistake is reported. That dose is about ten times the usual standard dosage. After an initial vague symptomatology, followed by transitory improvement, she developed a serious metabolic acidosis, renal and hepatic failure and generalized convulsions. The clinical picture could not be controlled by general supportive treatment, desferroxamine administration and exanguino-transfusion.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007501:Iron / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*
D013012:Sorbitol; D007501:Iron
Intoxicación aguda por hierro administrado por vía parenteral. A propósito de un caso de evolución fatal.