Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to overdose desferrioxamine: report of a child

B Atas; H Caksen; O Tuncer; A F Oner; E Kirimi; S Akbayram

Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to overdose desferrioxamine: report of a child

Med J Malaysia. 2005 Mar;60(1):91-3.

Authors

B Atas¹, H Caksen, O Tuncer, A F Oner, E Kirimi, S Akbayram

Affiliation

¹ Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey.

PMID: 16250288

Abstract

In this article, we present an 18-month-old girl with acute iron poisoning who died from acute respiratory distress syndrome due to overdose of desferrioxamine. Our purpose is to emphasize the importance of close follow-up children with acute iron poisoning for desferrioxamine toxicity.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Deferoxamine / poisoning*
Drug Overdose / complications
Female
Humans
Infant
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / chemically induced*
Siderophores / poisoning*

Substances

Siderophores
Deferoxamine