Hematological reference ranges in black very low birth weight infants |
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| Authors: | Stancheva V P Sherman G G Avent M Cory B J Ballot D E Cooper P A |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Haematology and Molecular Medicine, South African Institute for Medical Research and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.b Department of Pharmacy, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.c Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. |
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| Abstract: | This study compared hematological reference ranges in black very low birth weight infants to previously published values established predominantly on white subjects. Ninety-four healthy, black, premature babies with a birth weight of 800 to 1500 g at 2-7 days of age were enrolled as part of a study comparing blood transfusions and high- versus low-dose recombinant erythropoietin in anaemia of prematurity. Peripheral venous blood was collected for a full bloodcount and differential, fetal hemoglobin and erythropoietin levels. The hematological parameters observed in black very low birth weight neonates are similar to previously published reference ranges, except that lower limits of normal were observed for hemoglobin and the red cell indices. |
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| Keywords: | Black Hematology Neonates Reference Very Low Birth Weight |
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