RT Book, Section
A1 Hernandez, Stephanie H.
A1 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166601122
T1 Iron
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166601122
RD 2024/04/18
AB Iron  supplements  are  widely  available,  particularly  in  homes  with  small  children  and  young  women.  Women  of  childbearing  age  with  iron  available  at  home  are  at  risk  of  intentional  iron  overdose  due  to  the  impact  of  maternal  stress.  The  attractiveness  of  the  brightly  colored  sugar-coated  tablets  and  improper  storage  of  iron  make  children  susceptible  to  ingestion,  serious  toxicity,  and  death.1  The  1997  federal  requirement  that  all  preparations  containing  >30  milligrams  of  elemental  iron  be  distributed  only  in  blister  packs  and  the  implementation  of  mandated  warning  labels  from  the  U.S.  Food  and  Drug  Administration  coincided  with  the  reduction  of  pediatric  iron  poisonings  and  deaths.2,3  Despite  the  rescindment  of  the  blister  pack  requirement  in  2003,  serious  iron  poisonings  in  children  have  remained  low.4