Topics discussed include prevention of lead poisoning in children, American Academy of Pediatrics's (AAP) adoption of the Bright Futures guidelines for clinical risk assessment of lead exposure in children, and lead screening recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...
Screening for High Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women JAMA JAMA Patient Page April 16, 2019 This JAMA Patient Page describes the US Preventive Services Task Force’s recent recommendations on screening for high blood lead levels in children and pregnant women. Blood Lead Screening and...
[translate] aCDC changed its national blood lead screening recommendations from universal screening to an approach focused on the children at the highest risk of lead poisoning CDC从普遍掩护改变了它的全国血铅掩护推荐到于孩子集中的方法在铅中毒的最高的风险 [translate] ...
2.2. Screening Although many articles report BLLs for Chinese children, they are often hindered by selection bias, such as the judgemental exclusion of rural areas, polluted areas, or sick children. Given that environmental pollution is widespread in China, such studies may underestimate the true ...
Objective: The study was conducted, prior to the new universal screening state law, to determine physician screening practices and their consistency with key CDC recommendations as a basis for future education activities. Design/ Setting/ Participants: A statewide cross-sectional self-administered ...
Recommendations for blood lead screening of Medicaid-eligible children aged 1-5 years: an updated approach to targeting a group at high risk. Lead is a potent, pervasive neurotoxicant, and elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs) can result in decreased IQ, academic failure, and behavioral problems ...
CDC response to Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention recommendations in “Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call of Primary Prevention.” Accessed February 18, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/acclpp/cdc_response_lead_exposure_recs.pdf 8. Centers for ...
An NYU pediatrician and researcher writes inJAMA Pediatricsthat new recommendations on testing children for lead are inconclusive, but do not mean that we should abandon screening children for elevated lead levels. The editorial—written by Michael Weitzman, MD, professor of pediatrics and environmental...
More than 4 percent of preschool-aged children in the United States have blood lead levels above 10 microg per dL (0.50 pmol per L), and these levels have been associated with a decline in IQ. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advocates the use of a screening questionnaire to...
Clinicians should obtain an environmental history on all children they examine, provide families with lead-prevention counseling, and follow blood lead screening recommendations established for their areas. As circumstances permit, clinicians should consider referral to developmental programs for children at ...