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Severe congenital lead poisoning in a preterm infant due to a herbal remedy
Author(s) -
Tait Paul A,
Vora Amish,
James Simon,
Fitzgerald D James,
Pester Beverly A
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04731.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacy , pharmacist , officer , family medicine , history , archaeology
A preterm infant born to a woman with chronic lead poisoning was found to have the highest blood lead level recorded for a surviving neonate. Parenteral calcium disodium edetate, but not oral succimer, was effective in reducing the infant's lead burden in the neonatal period. An exposure assessment revealed the mother's long-term ingestion of lead-contaminated herbal tablets as the source.