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Effectiveness of a Pediatric Verbal Lead Exposure Screening Protocol in Emergency Department Patients
Author(s) -
Sara Creighton,
John W. Hafner,
Jean C. Aldag
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric emergency care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1535-1815
pISSN - 0749-5161
DOI - 10.1097/pec.0b013e3182808abe
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , observational study , pediatrics , population , prospective cohort study , medical record , cohort , demographics , cohort study , emergency medicine , environmental health , demography , psychiatry , sociology
The population demographics found in many urban emergency departments (EDs) often mirrors those of children at risk for elevated serum lead levels. We evaluated the effectiveness of a verbal lead screening program for screening high-risk children presenting to the ED.

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