Reference intervals for 21 clinical chemistry analytes in arterial and venous umbilical cord blood.
Reference intervals were determined for 21 clinical chemistry analytes in umbilical cord arterial and venous blood from healthy term infants. Nonparametric analysis (rank number) was used to determine the central 95% reference interval. No significant differences were observed between male and female infants. Reference intervals for glucose, urea, creatinine, urate, phosphate, calcium, albumin, total protein, cholesterol, triglycerides, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, gamma-glutamyltransferase, and magnesium all were significantly different from adult values.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
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Perkins
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Livesey
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Belcher
D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood; D004798:Enzymes / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D014469:Umbilical Arteries; D014471:Umbilical Veins
D001798:Blood Proteins; D004573:Electrolytes; D004798:Enzymes; D008055:Lipids