ICU SAQs · Toxicology
Iron overdose — the management
A CICM Second-Part SAQ on the iron overdose — the four phases, the whole-bowel irrigation, the deferoxamine (the vin-rose urine).
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A 20-year-old presents 4 hours after ingesting 60 iron tablets with vomiting and bloody diarrhoea. Outline the management.
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A 20-year-old presents 4 hours after ingesting 60 iron tablets with vomiting and bloody diarrhoea. Outline the management.
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- [1]Tran T, Wax JR, Philput C, et al. Intentional iron overdose in pregnancy - management and outcome. Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2000.PMID 10699527
- [4]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.