Lead in umbilical cord blood of neonates born in northern Lima

Daniel Guillén-Mendoza; Felipe Escate-Lazo; Fabiola Rivera-Abbiati; Daniel Guillén-Pinto

Lead in umbilical cord blood of neonates born in northern Lima

Daniel Guillén-Mendoza
, Felipe Escate-Lazo
, Fabiola Rivera-Abbiati
, Daniel Guillén-Pinto

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the concentration of lead in umbilical cord blood (UCB) of neonates born from primiparous women who live in northern Lima. A cross sectional study was carried out at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital, from July 2011 to January 2012. 100 neonates born from primiparous women who lived in northern Lima in the previous 5 years or more were included. Umbilical cord lead levels were measured by the atomic adsorption method, and the demographic information and risk factors of the neonates were filled in a patient record designed to this purpose. 30% of the neonates had concentration of lead in UCB that was considered as increased risk (≥ 3,0 μg/dL), 16% of the cases had had toxic concentration of lead in UCB (≥ 5 μg/dL). We conclude that there are a high percentage of neonates contaminated with lead in the northern Lima.

Translated title of the contribution	Plomo en sangre de cordón umbilical de neonatos nacidos en un hospital del norte de lima
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	224-228
Number of pages	5
Journal	Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Volume	30
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Environment
Fetal blood
Infant
Lead
Newborn
Poisoning (source: MeSH NLM)

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Lead in umbilical cord blood of neonates born in northern Lima

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