RT Book, Section
A1 Young, Michael
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174606161
T1 IRON
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174606161
RD 2022/05/23
AB Iron  is  used  for  the  treatment  of  anemia  and  as  a  prenatal  or  daily  mineral  supplement.  Owing  to  its  wide  availability  as  an  over-the-counter  nutritional  supplement,  it  remains  a  common  (and  potentially  fatal)  ingestion.  Introduction  of  blister  packages  and  smaller  dosages  have  led  to  an  overall  decline  in  iron  poisonings.  Currently,  there  are  many  iron  preparations  that  contain  various  amounts  of  iron  salts.  Most  children's  preparations  contain  10–18  mg  of  elemental  iron  per  dose,  and  most  adult  preparations  contain  60–90  mg  of  elemental  iron  per  dose.  The  following  description  of  the  toxicity  of  iron  relates  to  the  ingestion  of  ferrous  iron  salts  (eg,  sulfate,  gluconate,  fumarate).  Two  elemental  iron  products,  carbonyl  iron  and  iron  polysaccharide  complex,  have  not  been  reported  to  produce  the  same  toxicity  as  iron  salts.