Reference Ranges for Hematocrit and Blood Hemoglobin Concentration During the Neonatal Period: Data From a Multihospital Health Care System

K. Jopling, Jeffrey; Henry, Erick; E Wiedmeier, S; D. Christensen, Robert

doi:10.1542/peds.2008-2654

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Reference Ranges for Hematocrit and Blood Hemoglobin Concentration During the Neonatal Period: Data From a Multihospital Health Care System

Published in PEDIATRICS • Jan 26, 2009

Authors:

Jeffrey K. Jopling

Erick Henry

S E Wiedmeier

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: "Reference ranges" are developed when it is impossible or inappropriate to establish "normal ranges" by drawing blood on healthy normal volunteers. Reference ranges for the hematocrit and the blood hemoglobin concentration of newborn infants have previously been reported from relatively s...

Subject

Medicine

Hematocrit

Hemoglobin

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