Difficulties in evaluating abnormal lead screening results in children

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 405-410

  Block, Bruce ^a,b   Szekely, Keith ^a   Escobar, Milagro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REMINDER SYSTEM; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030279196     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Schaffer SJ, Szilagyi PG, Weitzman M. Lead poisoning risk determination in an urban population through the use of a standardized questionnaire. Pediatrics 1994;93:159-63.
2. Kimbrough RD, LeVois M, Webb DR. Management of children with slightly elevated blood lead concentrations. Pediatrics 1994;93:188-91.
3. Rooney BL, Hayes EB, Allen BK, Strutt PJ. Development of a screening tool for prediction of children at risk for lead exposure in a midwestern clinical setting. Pediatrics 1994;93:183-7
4. Nordin JD, Rolnick SJ, Griffin JM. Prevalence of excess lead absorption and associated risk factors in children enrolled in a midwestern health maintenance organization. Pediatrics 1994;93:172-7.
5. Binns HJ, LeBailly SA, Poncher J, Kinsella TR, Saunders SE. Is there lead in the suburbs? Risk assessment in Chicago suburban pediatric practices. Pediatrics Practice Research Group. Pediatrics 1994;93:164-71.
6. Preventing lead poisoning in young children: a statement by the Centers for Disease Control. Atlanta: The Centers, 1991.
7. Block B, Brennan JA. Automated health surveillance. Fam Med 1988;20:377-80.
8. Harvey B. Should blood lead screening recommendations be revised? Pediatrics 1994;93:201-4.
9. Campbell JR, McConnochie KM, Weitzman M. Lead screening among high-risk urban children - are the 1991 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines feasible? Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1994;148:688-93.
10. Schonfeld DJ, Cullen MR, Rainey PM, Berg AT, Brown DR, Hogan, JC Jr, et al. Screening for lead poisoning using fingerstick samples: false positive rates in an urban pediatric clinic. Am J Dis Child 1993;147:448-9.
11. Allegheny County Health Department statistics fiscal year 1994 (in-house document). Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Health Department, 1994.
12. Paulozzi LJ, Shapp J, Drawbaugh RE, Carney JK. Prevalence of lead poisoning among two-year-old children in Vermont. Pediatrics 1995;96(1 Pt 1): 78-81.
13. Gellert GA, Wagner GA, Maxwell RM, Moore D, Foster L. Lead poisoning among low-income children in Orange County, California. A need for regionally differentiated policy. JAMA 1993;270:69-71.