Establishing Reference Ranges and Evaluating Clinical Factors of the Complete Blood Count in Neonates Admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
We present reference intervals for 48 neonatal CBC parameters, highlighting the influence of sex, postnatal age, gestational age at birth and corticosteroid exposure. These findings improve the interpretation of neonatal CBCs and propose criteria for defining a sufficiently healthy neonatal population for diagnostic research.
Authors
- Jarob Saker
- Stephen Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0135-9317)
- Manu Vatish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6012-2574)
- Emily Hyde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7570-9933)
- Mark Anthony
Institutions
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Sysmex (Germany) (DE)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Laboratory Hematology
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.70014
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Medical Research Council