Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
8
10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
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en
jalali
1392
10
1
gregorian
2014
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28
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online
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Assessments of blood lead levels in children with febrile
Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease
Original Research
Original Research
<p> <strong> Background </strong>:Lead elements have an adverse effect on human health. The most important complications of lead poisoning are disorders of nervous system particularly seizure .This study aimed to evaluate the blood lead levels and its association with convulsion in a group of hospitalized febrile children. </p><p> <strong> Methods </strong>: In this analytic cross-sectional study, 60 hospitalized febrile children with 1-60 month old participated in the study via non-probability convenience sampling method. All of the information included sex, age, weight, blood lead levels and history of convulsion gathered in the questionnaire. Finally all of data were statistically analyzed. </p><p> <strong> Results </strong>: 66.<a name="_GoBack"></a>7% of samples were male and 33.3% were female. The mean age was 32.57±38.27 months and the mean weight was 13.04±9.61kg. The Mean and Standard deviation of Blood lead level was 4.83±3.50μg/dL. 10% of samples had lead levels greater than 10μg/dL. 53.3% of patients have convulsion and other don’t have it. Blood lead levels was 4.91±3.65μg/dL in children with convulsion and 4.73± 3.38μg/dL in children without it the difference was not significant (p= 0.8). </p><p> <strong> Conclusion </strong>: Overall, no significant association was found between blood lead levels and convulsion. </p><p> </p><p> </p>
Lead, Convulsion.
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Nastaran
Khosravi
nastarankhosravi@yahoo.com
200319475328460014753
200319475328460014753
No
Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Anahita
Izadi
aniizadi@yahoo.com
200319475328460014754
200319475328460014754
No
Bahrami hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Samileh
Noorbakhsh
samileh_noorbakhsh@yahoo.com
200319475328460014755
200319475328460014755
No
Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shima
Javadinia
cpidir@gmail.com
200319475328460014756
200319475328460014756
Yes
Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Azardokht
Tabatabaei
Azardokht_tabatabaei@yahoo.com
200319475328460014757
200319475328460014757
No
Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sarvenaz
Ashouri
ashouri.sz@gmail.com
200319475328460014758
200319475328460014758
No
Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ramin
Asgarian
dr.r.a@aol.com
200319475328460014759
200319475328460014759
No
Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.