Lead POlSO#{241} ii iiI T.7J/7/]/ (:1//(/ ‘(i! ;i Pediatrics in Review Vol 13 No 12 December 1992
EDITOR Robert J. Haggerty University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY
Editorial Office: Department of Pediatrics University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry CONTENTS 601 Elmwood Ave. Box 777 Rochester, NY 14642
ASSOCIATE EDITOR ARTICLES Lawrence F. Nazarian Panorama Pediatric Group Rochester, NY
443 Child Sexual Abuse ABSTRACTS EDITOR Carol D. Berkowitz Steven P. Shelov, Bronx, NY MANAGING EDITOR 453 Failure to Thrive/Growth Deficiency Jo Largent, Elk Grove Village, IL L$ dhiam G. Bithoney, Howard Dubowitz EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Victor C. Vaughan, III, Stanford, CA Harwood Egan EDITORIAL BOARD Moris A. Mgulo, Mineola, NY 461 Lead Poisoning Russell W. Chesney, Memphis, 7N Michael Weitzman and Deborah Glotzer Catherine DeAngelis, Bakimoxe, MD Peggy C. Ferry, Tucson, AZ Richard B. Goldbloom, Halifax, NS 469 Index of Suspicion John L Green, Rochester, NY Robert L Johnson, Newark, NJ John L Green, David M. Tejeda, Alan M. Lake, Glen Arm, MD Lawrence E. Nazarian Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr, Boston, MA John T. McBride, Rochester, NY Vincent J. Menna, Doylestown, PA Lawrence C. Pakula. Timonium, MD ABSTRACTS Ronald L Poland, Hershey, PA James E. Rasmussen, Ann Arbor, Ml James S. Seidel, Torrance, CA Richard H. SINs, Newark, NJ 460 Inheritance Patterns in Tourette Syndrome Laurie J. Smith, Washington, DC WIlliam B. Strong, Augusta, GA 471 Changes in Laboratory Values During Adolescence: Jon Thgelstad, Greenville, NC Vernon T. Tolo, Los Angeles, CA Alkaline Phosphatase Robert J. Toulouklan, New Haven, CT Terry Yamauchi, Little Rock, AR 472 Changes in Laboratory Values During Adolescence: Morltz N. Ziegler, Cincinnati, OH
Cholesterol EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Sydney Sutherland 472 Cor Pulmonale PUBLISHER 474 Exercise Intolerance American Academy of Pediatrics Errol R. Alden, Director, Department of Education DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Jean Dow, Director Division of PREP/PEDIATRICS Deborah Kuhlman, Copy Editor
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innocence of the perpetrator will be anatomical dolls among professionals in measurement in prepubescent girls. Am I assessed. sexual abuse evaluation. Child Abase Dis Child 1989;143:1366-1368 NegI. 1988;12:171-180 17. American Academy of Pediatrics. Testifying in court is frequently 9. Summit RC. The child abuse accom- Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect. stressful and anxiety-provoking. To modation syndrome. Child Abase NegI. Guidelines for the evaluation of sexual facilitate the process, the physician 1983;7:177-193 abuse of children. Pediatrics. 1991; should review medical notes with the 10. Reinhart MA. Sexually abused boys. 87:254-260 Child Abase NegI. 1987;11:229-235 18. Jenny C, Kirby P, Fuguay D. Genital attorney who issued the subpoena. It 11. McCann J, Voris J, Simon M, Wells R. lichen sclerosis mistaken for child sexual is also helpful for the physician to re- Comparison of genital examination tech- abuse. Pediatrics. 1981;83:597-599 member that he or she is not the one niques in prepubertal girls. Pediatrics. 19. DeJong AR, Finkel MA. Sexual abuse of on trial; rather, the physician is there 1990;85:182-187 children. Curr Probl Pediatr. 1990;20: to rebate the medical findings in a 12. Woodling BA, Heger A: The use of the 489-567 colposcope in the diagnosis of sexual 20. Hobbs CJ, Wynne JM. Buggery in complex case in which undoubtedly abuse in the pediatric age group. Child childhood-A common syndrome of child there will be other experts. Although Abase NegI. 1986;10:111-114 abuse. Lancet. 1986;2:792-796 the physician usually is assigned the 13. Chadwick DL, Berkowitz CD, Kerns DL, 21. McCann J, Woris J, Simon M, et al. role of child advocate, it is important et al. Color Atlas of Child Sexual Abase Perianal findings in prepubertal children Chicago, IL: Year Book Medical not to get caught up in the legal bat- selected for non-abuse: A descriptive Publishers; 1989 study. Child Abase NegI. 1989;13:211- tle, but to remain neutral and advo- 14. McCann J, Wells R, Simon M, Voris J. 216 cate for the truth. Genital findings in prepubertal girls 22. Gellert GA, Durfee M, Berkowitz CD. selected for non-abuse: A descriptive Developing guidelines for antibody testing study. Pediatrics. 1990;86:428-439 among victims of pediatric sexual abuse. Prognosis 15. Jenny C, Kuhns MLD, Arakawa F. Child Abase Negl. 1990;14:9-17 The prognosis for sexually abused Hymens in newborn female children. 23. Davis AJ, Emans SJ. Human papilloma children varies. Studies on adolescent Pediatrics. 1987;80:399-400 virus infection in the pediatric and 16. Goff CW, Burke KR, Rickenback C, adolescent patient. I Pediatr. 1989;115: suicide, depression, and eating disor- Buebendorf DP: Vaginal opening 1-10 ders show a high prevalence of sex- ual abuse in these populations. The medical problems are addressed read- PIR QUIZ iby by the use of antibiotics when ap- 1. Each of the following statements A. Normal anus. propriate; the psychological trauma is about child sexual abuse is true B. Perianal scarring. except: C. Normal hymen. more enduring. Appropriate referrals A. The perpetrator is usually D. Markedly distorted hymen. for counseling should be initiated in known to the child. E. Imperforate hymen. B. Perpetrators are predominantly all abused children. It is hoped that 4. Assuming you encounter the clini- male. cessation of the abuse and involve- cal situations listed below, for C. Developmentally delayed and which one is sexual abuse the ment with therapy will improve the physically disabled children only acceptable explanation? long-term outlook for these children. are increased risk. at A. A 6-year-old girl with a pos- D. Less than 1% of sexual abuse itive VDRL test and fluores- victims are REFERENCES male. cent treponemal antibody E. Accusations of sexual abuse tests. 1 . Green AH. 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452 Pediatrics in Review VoL 13 No. 12 December 1992 GROWTH ANi DEVELOPMENT Failure to Thrivi
PIR QUIZ 6. True statements about growth 7. Each of the following has been E. A complete battety of deficiency in infants and children identified as a risk factor for screening tests for biochemical include each of the following growth deficiency except: abnormalities to rube out except A. Poverty. inherited biochemical A. Organic causes should be B. Single parent. abnormalities. rigorously excluded first, C. Feeding problems. 9. Which one of the following would because appropriate therapy D. Prematurity. be inappropriate for the successful will quickly reverse the E. Parental neglect. management of the child with growth deficiency. 8. The clinical assessment of growth deficiency? B. Growth deficiency typically is children with growth deficiency A. Initially attempting to manage defined as a child below the properly includes which one of the problem with frequent fifth percentile on the following? visits on an outpatient basis. standardized growth charts for A. Hospitalization of all children B. Administering a multivitamin both height and weight in the for close observation and preparation that includes zinc absence of constitutional assessment of feeding and iron. delay. patterns. C. Instituting behavioral training, C. Parental growth should be B. The detailing, by history, of a especially with regard to considered in determining typical week’s diet. nutrition and feeding whether a child is growth- C. Careful administration of a techniques. deficient. Denver Developmental D. Instituting family counseling D. Chronic malnutrition usually Screening Test. and intervention as is the immediate cause of D. Careful assessment of the appropriate, with a goal of growth deficiency. child’s nutritional status, maintaining an intact family. E. Rarely is a single factor including triceps skinfold and E. Addressing all factors entirely responsible for growth midarm circumference simultaneously that contribute deficiency. measurements. to the child’s growth deficiency.
ABSTRACT ______Inheritance Patterns in Tourette Syndrome
Tic Disorders In Childhood. Golden 0. The combination of an uncontrol- concordance rate of 53% and for Pediatrics In Review. 1987;8:229-234 lable chronic motor tic disorder with dizygotic twins a rate of only 85%. The Inheritance of Gilles de Ia Tourette’s vocal tics that are manifested by Further evidence for the inherited Syndrome and Associated Behaviors. Pauls D, Leckman J. N Engl I Med. echolalia, coprolabia, or echokinesis predisposition of chronic tic disorders 1986;315:993-997 suggests Tourette syndrome. This is in twins is supported by a concord- Diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome in by far the most serious of the chronic ance rate of 77% in monozygotic Childhood. Lacey D. Chin Pediatr. tic disorders, with a prevalence of 1 twins and 23% in dizygotic twins. 1986;25:433-435 in 2000. Boys are affected three to The Glues de la Tourette Syndrome: The Comment: Recognizing that such Current Status. Robertson M. BrI four times more often than girls. patterns of inheritance exist in the Psychiatr. 1989;154:147-169 As more families are identified spectrum of chronic tic disorders Brief Report: A Prevalence Study of Gilles who have a variety of chronic tic seen in children demands a careful de Ia Tourette Syndrome In North Dakota disorders, an autosomab dominant School-Age Children. Burd L, Kerbeshian history and physical examination of pattern of inheritance with sex- J, Wikenheiser M, Fisher W. JAm Acad the affected individual and near Child Psychiatr. 1986;25:552-553 specific expressions and variable relatives within the family. To penetrance is evident. Of interest is The spectrum of tic disorders in ascertain better the risk of subsequent that in such family pedigrees, more children is neither so uncommon nor children being affected with Tourette fathers are affected with chronic transient that pediatricians can disre- syndrome or the need to provide gard or take lightly a parent’s or motor tics than are mothers, who more often manifest obsessive-compul- other reassuring and appropriate recom- teacher’s observations about a child’s mendations, a careful pedigree sive disorders. In the instance of a involuntary motor movements or analysis must be done. vocal utterances. Rather, such infor- homozygous individual, the mation warrants a more detailed penetrance is about 94% for Tourette syndrome, about 50% for the Fernando A. Guerra, MD, MPH, history about the child and family, San Antonio Metropolitan Health especially as it pertains to other heterozygous individual, and less than 0.3% for normal individuals. District members who have tics or obsessive- San Antonio, TX compulsive disorders, particularly Observations of the Tourette disorder when they are chronic. in monozygotic twins suggest a
460 Pediatrics in Review VoL 13 No. 12 December 1992 I PREVENTION Load Poisoning
A Report to Congress. Atlanta, GA: US Leviton A, Allred EN. The long-term lead poisoning. I Pediatr. 1988;1 12:799- Department of Health and Human SCIVicCS/ effects of exposure to low doses of lead in 804 Public Health Service, 1988; Doc. No. 99- childhood: An 11-year follow-up report. N Watson WS, Hume R, Moore MR. Oral 2966 Engi I Med. 1990;322:83-88 absorption of lead and iron. Lancet. Bellinger D, Leviton A, Waternaux C, Piomelli 5, Rosen IF, Chisoim JJ Jr, Graef 1980;2:236-237 Needleman H, Rabinowitz M. Longitudinal Jw. Management of childhood lead Weinberger ML, Post EM, Schneider T, Helu analysis of prenatal and postnatal lead poisoning. I Pediatr. 1984;105:523-532 B, Friedman J. An analysis of 248 initial exposure and early cognitive development. Rosen JF, Markowitz ME, Bijur PE, et al. mobilization tests performed on an ambula- N Engi I Med. 1987;316:1037-1043 L-line x-ray fluorescence of cortical bone tol)f basis. Am I Dis Child. 1987;146: Centers for Disease Control. P vensi,zg Lead compared with the CaNa2EDTA test in lead- 1266-1270 Poisoning in Young Children A Statement toxic children: Public health implications. Ziegler EE, Edwards BB, Jensen RL, by the Centers for Disease Control. Atlanta, I’mc Nail Acad Sci USA. 1989;86:685-689 Mahaffey KR, Fomon SJ. Absorption and GA: US Department of Health and Human Shannon M, Graef J, Lovejoy FH. Efficacy retention of lead by infants. Pediatr lies. Services/Public Health Service; 1991 and toxicity of D-penicillamine in low-level 1978;12:29-34 Charncy E, Kessler B, Farfel M, Jackson D. A controlled trial of the effect of dust- control measures on blood lead levels. N Engi I Med. 1983;309:l089-1093 Chisolm ii, Jr. Mobilization of lead by PIR QUIZ calcium disodium ededate: A reappraisal. 10. True statements about the signif- 13. An ideal program for screening Am I Dir Child. 1987;141:1256-1257 icance of blood lead levels in- children for lead poisoning Committee on Environmental Hazards and dude each of the following, should include: Committee on Accident and Poison A. Screening all children in Prevention. Statement on childhood lead A. Lead does not cross the elementary school. poisoning. Pediatrics. 1987;79:457-465 Q y.Slech DA, Weiss B, Cox C. Mobil- placenta unless the maternal B. Measuring blood lead levels blood lead level exceeds _I, if the erythrocyte proto- ization and redistribution of lead over the porphyrin level is less than course of calcium disodium ethylene- 60 g/dL. B. The blood lead level may not 35 p.g/dL diamine tetraacetate chelation therapy. I accurately reflect the total C. Ensuring that all children are Phal7nacol E*7 Ther. 1987;243:804-813 screened once at age 6 Farfel MR, Chisolm JJ, Jr. Health and body burden of lead. C. Children with blood lead 1ev- months regardless of risk environmental outcomes of traditional and els greater than 60 p.g/dL are factors. modified practices for abatement of usually symptomatic. D. Recognizing that elevated residential lead-based paint. Am I Pub D. Children with toxic lead 1ev- eiythmcyte protoporphyrin Health. 1990;80:1240-1245 levels due to iron-deficiency Fulton M, Raab G, Thomson 0, Laxen D, els may not show adverse effects for some time. anemia rule out the probabil- Hunter R, Hepburn W. Influence of blood E. The prevalence of toxic ity of lead poisoning. lead on the ability and attainment of blood levels in children in E. Confirming screening tests children in Edinburgh. Lancet. 1987;l: by blood lead levels per- 1221-1226 the United States exceeds that of any other chronic formed serially. Graziano JH, Lolacono NJ, Meyer P. Dose- disease. response study of oral 2,3.dimercapto- 14. Appropriate management of chil- succinic acid in children with elevated blood 11. Important sources of lead in the dren with elevated blood lead lead concentrations. I Pediatr. 1988;113: environment that may contribute levels include each of the fol- 751-757 to childhood poisoning include lowing, except: Kassner rr, Shannon M, Graef J. Role of each of the following, ercep#{252} A. Identifying the source of lead forced diuresis on urinary lead excretion A. Paint used in house interiors exposure. after the ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid prior to 1977. B. Providing a diet rich in iron, mobilization test. I Pediatr. 1990;117:914- B. City water sources. calcium, and zinc. 916 C. Old houses undergoing C. Removing all lead-based Mahaffey KR, Annest JL. Association of rehabilitation. paint only after the child can eiythrocyte protoporphyrin with blood lead D. Airborne emissions from be removed from the site. level and iron status in the second National smelters and refineries. D. Controlling household dust Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, E. Leaded gasoline. with frequent wet-mopping 1976-1980. Environ Res. 1986;41:327-338 using a high-phosphate 12. The following are false state- Markowitz ME, Rosen iF. Assessment of lead detergent. ments about the long-term ef- stores in children: Validation of an 8-hour E. Administrating chelation fects of lead in children, ercep#{252} CaNa2EDTA provocative test. I Pediatr. A. They do not correlate with therapy onty for asympto- 1984;104:337-341 matic children. the magnitude of the blood Markowitz ME, Rosen JF, Bijur PE. Effects bead bevel. of iron deficiency on lead excretion in B. They are negligible for blood children with moderate lead intoxication. I lead levels less than 25 pg/ Pediatr. 1990;116:360-364 dL Needleman ML, Gatsonis CA. Low-level lead C. They may be significant after exposure and the 10 of children: A mets- fetal exposure to a maternal analysis of modem studies. JAMA. 1990; level of 10 to 15 p.g/dL. 263:673-678 D. They can be prevented with Needleman HL, Gunnoe C, Leviton A, et al. appropriate treatment of Deficits in psychologic and classroom symptomatic children. performance of children with elevated E. They are rare if the child has dentine lead levels.N Engl I Med. been asymptomatic. 1979;300:689-695 Needleman HL, Schell A, Bellinger D,
468 Pediatrics in Review VoL 13 No. 12 December 1992 particularly true in children whose worsen during sleep. pulmonale is made by the ausculta- upper airways are obstructed or those Cor pulmonale is reversible if the tory finding of a very loud, narrowly who have obstructive sleep apnea. A contributory and causative factors can split or single second heart sound. normal sleep state generally is be relieved. If the chronic problem This may be associated with a associated with decreased ventilation. cannot be managed primarily, then palpable impulse. In advanced cases Breathing frequently is irregular and methods to ensure or improve oxygen there may be murmurs of pulmonary unaffected by environmental levels or pulmonary vascular or tricuspid insufficiency. Hepato- factors-much different from the resistance should be attempt- megaly and peripheral edema may waking state. Studies of normal sleep ed. Supplemental oxygen not only occur. indicate a significant decrease in the decreases the level of hypoxemia, but The EKG frequently is used for ventilatory response to CO2 also acts as a pulmonary vasodilator the diagnosis of cor pulmonale. inhalation when compared with the and will lower pulmonary vascular However, it may lag significantly conscious state. Therefore, sleeping resistance. Direct pulmonary behind the development of the states may exacerbate hypoxia and vasodilators also may be tried. clinical picture. With the onset of cor increase right ventricular pressure in Digitalis and diuretics also have been pulmonabe, EKGs are frequently any situation where cor pulmonabe prescribed where evidence for right normal. In time, however, right exists. Conditions causing upper ventricular failure exists. ventricular hypertrophy develops and airway obstruction may especially The clinical diagnosis of cor the frontal plane axis shifts right- ward. Right atrial hypertrophy with typical peaked P waves (P 4I Statement of Ownership, Management and pulmonale) may be seen. One should Circulation not, however, rely on the EKG for (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) the diagnosis. Similarly, electro- 1A T.t1 of P.bhc.,i., 10 PUSLICAT1ON NO 2 0.1. of F .g Pediatrics in Review 6 j cardiographic changes toward normal I I I I I 09/30/92 3. F . Q #{149} ny of 1u,s No of .s m. P bh.h.d 35 A n..t S,bsc,euo P lag in those in whom cor pulmonale Monthly. January - December A %rnaI y 115.00 has reversed.
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