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Volume 3 Journal of Nursing Research and Practice Nursing & Immunology 2019
March 11-12, 2019
Neonatology, Pediatric Nursing and Nursing
Immunology March 11-12, 2019 London, UK
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Determination of relation between mothers blood level lead with blood level of exclusively breast fed
infants less than 6 months referred to Imam Reza hospital
Ahmadshah Farhat, Ashraf Mohammadzadeh, Mahdi Balalimood, Morteza Aghajanpoor, Yalda Ravanshad
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Determine the relationship between blood lead levels of mothers and infants under 6 months with exclusively breast-fed referred to
Imam Reza hospital Mashhad Northeast Iran
Introduction: In adults, approximately 5 to10% of ingested lead is absorbed by the digestive system. This rate is higher in children,
may be as much as 40% lead which is absorbed, is distributed by blood to different organs and tissues. There is partial correlation
between blood lead levels of infants and their mothers and also between Infant age and maternal job Also lead poisoning in children
has been neglected in Iran. There are not designed screening programs to evaluate lead levels in children to reduce the potential
toxicity of lead. In a study on children 1-7 years old in Mashhad south east iran showed that 74/8% of children had lead levels higher
than 100ug/lit. on the other hand we don’t have blood lead level of infant less than one year old, thus In this study we measured blood
lead levels of mothers and her infants under 6 months exclusively breast-fed referred to Imam Reza hospital (Mashhad-Iran) to
evaluate the relation between blood lead level of breast feed infants and their mother blood lead level.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional study of 60 mothers and their children who referred to Imam Reza Hospital Mashhad. Lead levels
were determined in the laboratory of Imam Reza hospital by atomic absorption spectroscopy method. Data entered into spss16. Data
analysis was done by T-Student test, chi-square and Pearson's correlation coefficient. Also KS test was used for normality of data. P
value less than 0.05 considered significant.
Results: In this study the mean maternal blood lead level was 75/99 ± 31/11 µg/l . The mean level of lead in infants with exclusively
breast-fed for first 6 months was 63/6 ± 26/89µg/l , 80% of children were under one month and 20% between 1 and 6 months of
age. 76/7% of the infants were male and 23/3% were female The mean age of children was 24/63 ± 31/81 days. Based on the data
a significant relationship between blood lead levels in infants and mothers has been observed.(p<0/001,r=0/64) .This significant
relationship also observed to the group below one month .(p<0/001,r=0/70) But in group of more than one month, this association
between mothers and infants lead level was not statistically significant.( P=0/181,r=0/41) .
In our study there weren’t any relationship between blood lead level in infants and child gender, economic level, place of residence,
age, similar to above study
Discussion: Comparing these results with our study showed that the mean blood lead levels in mothers and infants in our study was
higher than other studies. There were direct relationship between blood lead levels in mothers and their exclusively fed breast milk
infants under one month of age, but in infants between 1-6 months this relationship was not statistically significant. In our study
there weren’t any relationship between blood lead level in infants and child gender, economic level, place of residence, age, similar
to above study.
Conclusion: There were direct relationship between blood lead levels in mothers and their exclusively fed breast milk infants under
one month of age, but in infants between 1-6 months this relationship was not statistically significant. Thus we advise further studies
with larger sample size about effect of age of the exclusive breast
Biography
Ahmadshah Farhat assistant professor of neonatology has completed neonatology subspecialty in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. I am vice
chancellor of Neonatal Research Center in this university since 2006 and consultant neonatologist of neonatal intensive care unit since 1992 up to now. I have
published 66 papers locally and international journal, 19 books, 71 supervision of thesis in general medicine, pediatric, and neonatology, 120 participation in
national and international congress with lecture and poster presentation. I was member of 50 national scientific committee during last 23 years. I have 10 scientific
honors in pediatric and neonatology.
Ahmadshah Farhat et al., J Nursing Research and Practice, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2632-251X-C1-002