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Lead exposure counselling — communication OSCE
OSCE on explaining elevated blood lead, source control and honest limits of chelation.
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MRCPCH ClinicalRACP DCE
Prompt
2-year-old; capillary lead elevated after home renovation; parents want a 'detox medicine'.
Objectives
- Explain why an elevated screening lead needs venous confirmation. [1]
- Take a non-judgemental exposure history focused on renovation dust and other sources. [1] [2]
- Counsel that there is no safe blood lead level and that source removal is the core treatment. [2] [4]
- Correctly limit claims about chelation and cognition (TLC lesson). [6]
References4ShowHide
- [1]Mayans L Lead Poisoning in Children. American Family Physician, 2019.PMID 31259498
- [2]COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Prevention of Childhood Lead Toxicity. Pediatrics, 2016.PMID 27325637
- [6]Rogan WJ The effect of chelation therapy with succimer on neuropsychological development in children exposed to lead. The New England journal of medicine, 2001.PMID 11346806
- [4]Canfield RL Intellectual impairment in children with blood lead concentrations below 10 microg per deciliter. The New England journal of medicine, 2003.PMID 12700371