paediatric blood testing
- Created by: Rebecca 291991
- Created on: 08-01-14 10:53
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- Paediatrics
- lab handling of small samples
- insufficient volume to perform tests
- evaporation
- Paediatric reference ranges
- influenced by:
- Age eg. ALP
- Gender eg. oestradiol, testosterone
- size eg. creatinine
- maternal influence eg. IgG/IgA
- prematurity eg. alpha-fetoprotein
- feeding regime eg. ALP
- growth eg ALP
- organ maturity eg. bilirubin
- influenced by:
- issues with sample collection
- blood sample
- difficult to bleed
- usually capillary collection not normal venepuncture
- small blood volume
- high haemocrit
- urine sample
- impractical
- contamination
- blood sample
- lab handling of small samples
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