Case Reports Clinical Chemistry 2017 Exercise 3: Lead Poisoning In A 7-Year-Old Boy With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CSCC1703)

Intended Audience: Pathologists, Residents, Clinical Scientists, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants,  Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• discuss the metabolism and toxicokinetics of lead poisoning;
• describe the source and route of lead exposure in children;
• describe the laboratory diagnosis of and screening for lead poisoning; and
• discuss the continual reduction of the reference range for blood lead levels since 1960.

Authors

Merih T. Tesfazghi, PhD Clinical Chemistry Fellow Department Pathology & Immunology Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis

Sarah B. Riley, PhD, DABCC, FACB Associate Professor, Pathology Director, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory St Louis University School of Medicine