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Hematological profile of Korean very low birth weight infants

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Published/Copyright: May 19, 2008
Journal of Perinatal Medicine
From the journal Journal of Perinatal Medicine Volume 36 Issue 3

Abstract

For very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, diagnostic and therapeutic decisions widely depend on hematological values. Although ethnic differences for hematologic parameters have been reported, few studies have been reported for Korean VLBW infants. This study aimed at defining the hematological reference values for medical research and clinical practice. Retrospectively we selected 149 infants confirmed as healthy at birth and had no medical conditions that may have affected the hematological profile. Hematological values obtained within the first 4 h after birth were classified into gestational age and we determined the influence of gender, mode of delivery, sampling site, 1-min and 5-min Apgar scores on these values. Red blood cell (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrit (Hct) values increased, whereas the white blood cell (WBC) and platelets decreased as the gestational age increased. In relation to the mode of delivery and the 5-min Apgar score, WBC, neutrophil, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), RBC, Hb, Hct and the platelets differed selectively. No differences in any hematological values were observed in relation to gender, sampling site, and the 1-min Apgar score. This study should be useful as a guide to the reference range of these hematological values for Korean VLBW infants.

Keywords: Hematologic tests; reference values; very low birth weight infant
Corresponding author: Soo-Young Yoon, MD, PhD Department of Laboratory Medicine Korea University Ansan Hospital Korea University College of Medicine 516, Gojan-dong Danwon-gu, Ansan-si Gyeonggi-do, 425-707 Korea Tel.: +82-31-412-5303 Fax: +82-31-412-5314
Received: 2007-9-6
Revised: 2007-12-20
Accepted: 2008-3-19
Published Online: 2008-05-19
Published in Print: 2008-05-01

©2008 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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Keywords for this article
Hematologic tests; reference values; very low birth weight infant

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