Establishment of pediatric reference intervals for complete blood count parameters in capillary blood in Beijing

Abstract

Complete blood count (CBC) is one of the routine blood tests used for clinical diagnosis, disease treatment, and health assessment. 1 Comparing test results with the appropriate reference intervals (RIs) is the first step in the clinical interpretation of these laboratory results. 2 However, there are no consensus-based CBC RIs for children, and many medical institutions still apply RIs determined from adults, from children in other countries, or from children in a different age range. 3 Due to racial and environmental differences, genetic variation, and hematological changes associated with growth and development, there may be great differences in CBC parameters between children from different countries and in different age stages. [2][3][4] Several scientists have noticed this problem and made great contributions to establishing CBC RIs for children.

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