RT Book, Section
A1 Hernandez, Stephanie H.
A1 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121500173
T1 Iron
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121500173
RD 2024/04/16
AB Iron  supplements  are  widely  available,  particularly  in  homes  with  small  children  and  young  women.  The  attractiveness  of  the  bright  color  and  sugar  coating  of  the  tablets  and  their  initial  distribution  in  non–child-resistant  vials  made  children  susceptible  to  ingestion.  The  1997  Federal  requirement  that  all  iron-containing  pharmaceuticals  containing  more  than  30  milligrams  of  elemental  iron  be  distributed  only  in  blister  packs  reduced  the  reported  incidence  of  iron  ingestion  and  deaths  in  young  children.1,2  This  requirement  was  removed  in  2003,  but  blister  packs  remain  in  common  use  along  with  child-resistant  bottles,  and  serious  iron  poisonings  in  young  children  have  remained  low.2  Women  of  childbearing  age  are  at  risk  for  intentional  iron  overdose  due  to  the  availability  of  iron  and  increased  stress  during  pregnancy  and  the  postnatal  period.3  Children  with  inadvertent  overdoses4,5  and  adults  with  intentional  overdose6  are  at  risk  of  serious  toxicity  or  death.