The use of haemofiltration for severe iron overdose.
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 micromol/l and was commenced on continuous veno-venous haemofiltration. His serum iron levels quickly returned to normal and he made a good recovery, with no permanent sequelae from the ingestion.
Milne
Clare
C
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK. clare_milne@hotmail.com
Petros
Andy
A
D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000506:poisoning; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019190:Iron Overload / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male
D005296:Ferrous Compounds; C020748:ferrous sulfate