CALIPER Hematology Reference Standards (I). 2020

Houman Tahmasebi, and Victoria Higgins, and Mary Kathryn Bohn, and Alexandra Hall, and Khosrow Adeli
CALIPER Program, Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

Accurate hematologic test interpretation based on normative reference standards is critical to ensure appropriate clinical decision making. However, healthy pediatric reference data for most hematology parameters are lacking. To address this gap, this study establishes age- and sex-specific hematologic reference standards in the Canadian Laboratory Initiative on Pediatric Reference Intervals (CALIPER) cohort of healthy children and adolescents. Fresh whole blood samples collected from a total of 566 healthy children and adolescents (birth to <21 years) with informed consent were analyzed for 47 hematologic parameters on the Beckman Coulter DxH 900. Age- and sex-specific reference standards were calculated based on the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. Reference value distributions for most hematology parameters demonstrated dynamic changes across the pediatric age range with significant age-specific differences observed for 39 of the 47 parameters examined. Sex-specific differences were also observed for eight hematologic parameters, primarily during and after puberty. This study establishes a robust database of pediatric reference standards for 47 hematologic parameters in the CALIPER cohort for the first time. These comprehensive reference value data sets report potentially important and physiologically relevant trends in hematologic markers, clearly demonstrating the need for pediatric reference standards for hematologic test interpretation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D012015 Reference Standards A basis of value established for the measure of quantity, weight, extent or quality, e.g. weight standards, standard solutions, methods, techniques, and procedures used in diagnosis and therapy. Standard Preparations,Standards, Reference,Preparations, Standard,Standardization,Standards,Preparation, Standard,Reference Standard,Standard Preparation,Standard, Reference
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003955 Diagnostic Tests, Routine Diagnostic procedures, such as laboratory tests and x-rays, routinely performed on all individuals or specified categories of individuals in a specified situation, e.g., patients being admitted to the hospital. These include routine tests administered to neonates. Admission Tests, Routine,Hospital Admission Tests,Physical Examination, Preadmission,Routine Diagnostic Tests,Admission Tests, Hospital,Diagnostic Test, Routine,Diagnostic Tests,Examination, Preadmission Physical,Preadmission Physical Examination,Routine Diagnostic Test,Test, Routine Diagnostic,Tests, Diagnostic,Tests, Hospital Admission,Tests, Routine Diagnostic,Admission Test, Hospital,Admission Test, Routine,Diagnostic Test,Examinations, Preadmission Physical,Hospital Admission Test,Physical Examinations, Preadmission,Preadmission Physical Examinations,Routine Admission Test,Routine Admission Tests,Test, Diagnostic,Test, Hospital Admission,Test, Routine Admission,Tests, Routine Admission
D005260 Female Females
D006405 Hematology A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with morphology, physiology, and pathology of the blood and blood-forming tissues.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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