Reference Ranges for Hematological Values in Umbilical Cord Blood in Pokhara, Nepal

Authors

  • Sahisnuta Basnet Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara
  • Sandip Kumar Singh Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara
  • Brijesh Sathian Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara
  • Rajnish Mishra Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v36i2.15605

Keywords:

complete blood count parameters, umbilical cord blood, newborn

Abstract

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Introduction: Reference hematological values in newborns are informative in evaluation of newborns to determine state of health or disease. For a given population, reference values may differ in accordance with various factors such as age, sex, race, diet, drug intake, altitude, socio-economic status and also the method employed for determination of the values. The aim of this study was to establish reference ranges of complete blood count using umbilical cord blood of normal, healthy, full term neonates born in Manipal Teaching Hospital (MTH), Pokhara, Nepal.

Material and Method: The study was conducted in 210 full term, healthy newborns delivered in MTH between Jan 2014 to Feb 2015. Cord blood was collected and a complete blood count was obtained using an automated hematology analyzer.

Result: Mean hemoglobin was 15.24 ± 1.96 gm/dl and mean red blood cell count was 4.30 ± 0.63 (range 3.05 – 6.36) X 1012/L. Mean white blood cell count was 14.93 ± 4.44 (range 6.10 ± 31.7) X 109/L and platelet count was 226.88 ± 61.28 (range 105 ± 392) X 109/L. There was no significant difference found in hemoglobin, red cell, white cell and platelet counts between males and females in this study.

Conclusion: The values obtained from our study provide ranges for some hematological values in healthy newborns of Pokhara Nepal. However, the hematological reference values for Nepalese cord blood needs to be confirmed by larger numbers of samples from different centers of Nepal.

J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2016;36(2):160-164.

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Author Biographies

Sahisnuta Basnet, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara

Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics

Sandip Kumar Singh, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara

Resident, Dept of Pediatrics

Brijesh Sathian, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara

Asst Prof, Dept of Community Medicine

Rajnish Mishra, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Fulbari, Pokhara

Resident, Dept of Pediatrics

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Published

2016-12-31

How to Cite

Basnet, S., Singh, S. K., Sathian, B., & Mishra, R. (2016). Reference Ranges for Hematological Values in Umbilical Cord Blood in Pokhara, Nepal. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 36(2), 160–164. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v36i2.15605

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 2 (2016)

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