Toxicology
Acute iron toxicity is usually seen in children less than 5 years of age who present with accidental ingestion of iron supplements. The main causes of iron poisoning in adults include suicide attempts and iron overdose in pregnancy (Abhilash et al., 2013; Sane et al., 2018).
In iron poisoning, the clinical outcome is variable and depends on the quantity of elemental iron ingested, not the amount of iron salt; other drugs co-ingested and the time to treatment (Abhilash et al., 2013). Toxicity is dose-dependent. Up to 20 mg/kg of elemental iron is not toxic; Ingestion of . . .
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