Hematology Analyzers. Special Considerations for Pediatric Patients.

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 165-181

  Wong, Edward C C ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell analysis; Hematology analyzers; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIAL BLOOD; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMATURE GRANULOCYTE COUNT; IMMATURE PLATELET FRACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN CARE; PEDIATRICS; PREMATURITY; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PSEUDOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DEVICES; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84922449806     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2014.10.010     Document Type: Review

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