Acute liver failure due to iron overdose in an adult

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-244

  Daram, Sumanth R ^a   Hayashi, Paul H ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcysteine; Deferoxamine; Hepatotoxicity; Iron intoxication; Iron poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; DEFEROXAMINE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NAUSEA; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TABLET; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DEFEROXAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; OVERDOSE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14044273643     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000152546.05519.FE     Document Type: Article

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