RESUMO
Children suspected of having been physically abused had significantly higher venous blood lead levels than a comparison group (p < 0.0001). Abused children were 27-fold more likely to have lead levels > 0.965 mumol/L (20 micrograms/dl) (odds ratio = 26.7). We recommend that abused children be monitored for lead intoxication more frequently than other children.
Assuntos
Maus-Tratos Infantis/sangue , Chumbo/sangue , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Criança , Maus-Tratos Infantis/diagnóstico , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Intoxicação por Chumbo/sangue , Intoxicação por Chumbo/diagnóstico , MasculinoRESUMO
The ratio of growth hormone response to clonidine and L-dopa challenge was compared in 74 boys: 15 with purported physical abuse, 7 with purported sexual abuse, 13 normal controls, and 39 psychiatric controls. Sexually abused boys demonstrate a statistically significant elevated ratio of growth hormone response to clonidine versus response to L-dopa. Physically abused boys demonstrate lower clonidine/L-dopa growth hormone response ratios compared with controls. These effects widen with increasing physical development.
