PMID- 3848333
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19850829
LR  - 20190903
IS  - 0006-5242 (Print)
IS  - 0006-5242 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 1
DP  - 1985 Jul
TI  - Normal hematological values of the African neonate.
PG  - 11-8
AB  - A longitudinal study of normal hematological values of the newborn infant was 
      undertaken in an effort to provide baseline data for assessing the African 
      Neonate with hematological problems. There were 402 neonates, consisting of 304 
      full-term, 51 preterm and 47 post-term infants. The Hematocrit (Hct), Hemoglobin 
      (Hb), Red Blood Cell Count (RBC), Reticulocyte count (Retic) and Nucleated Red 
      Blood Cell Count (NRBC) were serially determined. The red cell indices, Mean 
      corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular volume (MCV) and Mean corpuscular 
      Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) were calculated for each neonate. Our results 
      showed that African neonates have lower hematological values than their North 
      American and European counterparts. This was neither a reflection of an 
      intrauterine anemia nor was it due to variables resulting from the timing of cord 
      blood sampling. On the first day of life, the mean Hct was 45.4%; mean Hb was 
      15.46 gm/dl; and the RBC was 4.02 X 10(6) cells/mm2. The Retics, NRBC and other 
      red blood cell indices do not differ from those of neonates reported from other 
      parts of the world. We suggest therefore that the low hematological values of the 
      African neonate may be intrinsic.
FAU - Scott-Emuakpor, A B
AU  - Scott-Emuakpor AB
FAU - Okolo, A A
AU  - Okolo AA
FAU - Omene, J A
AU  - Omene JA
FAU - Ukpe, S I
AU  - Ukpe SI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Germany
TA  - Blut
JT  - Blut
JID - 0173401
RN  - 0 (Hemoglobins)
SB  - IM
MH  - Africa
MH  - Blood Cell Count
MH  - Erythrocyte Indices
MH  - Hematocrit
MH  - Hemoglobins/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Infant, Newborn
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Reticulocytes/cytology
EDAT- 1985/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1985/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1985/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1985/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1985/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1985/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF00320595 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Blut. 1985 Jul;51(1):11-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00320595.