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Articles by Jocelyn M. Hicks
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Article
June 2002
Key elements in a successful pediatric laboratory
Children are not just small adults, and present unique challenges to the clinical laboratory. Blood specimens must be very small; for example, total blood volumes in a premature infant can be as small as 115 mL. Genetic diseases frequently must be detected in the newborn period. Reference values change with age....
Neonatology
Blood gases/acid-base
Point-of-care testing
Preanalytical phase
Glucose
Hemoglobins