PPT Slide
If a 30 kg child comes in with symptoms of colic,
seizures, persistent fatigue, and is known to have
eaten paints we diagnose lead poisoning. A clinical
test shows the child to have 40 ?g/dL blood lead.
Our first goal is to lower the amount of lead in the
Blood volume in an adult is about 4 L.
Estimate a blood volume of 3 L in a child. We will
need to give this child some mg amount of
a ligand to form a complex ion with lead that is
soluble so that it can be carried to the kidneys and
filtered into urine and removed.