Establishing Umbilical Cord Blood Hematological Parameters Reference Interval for Newborns in St. Peter Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 1 to March 31, 2019
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tsegaye, Aster (MSc, PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Angelo, Ammanuel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-21T12:56:42Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:56:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-21T12:56:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:56:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Several factors like altitude, age, sex, pregnancy, socioeconomic status, life style and race influence hematological reference interval (RIs), which are critical to support appropriate clinical decisions and to interpret laboratory data in research. Currently there are no wellestablished RIs for cord blood hematological parameters of newborns in Ethiopia. Objective: To generate reference interval for umbilical cord blood hematological parameters of newborns at St Peter Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 1 to March 31, 2019 on healthy, term newborns (37-42 weeks) with normal birth weight born to apparently healthy pregnant mothers who had met the eligibility criteria. From a total of 139 newborns, 2-3ml cord blood was immediately collected from the clumped cord using EDTA tube. The samples were analyzed using Sysmex KX 21 hematology analyzer. Data was entered and the 2.5 th and 97.5 th percentile (upper and lower reference limit) were determined using non parametric method by SPSS version 23. The non-parametric independent Mann-Whitney U test (Wilcoxon rank-sum test) was used to compare the distribution of the parameters between genders, modes of deliveries and gestational age groups. Result: The combined reference interval for umbilical cord blood hematological parameters of newborns with the median and 95% reference values were as follows for WBC= 12.4 [6.55-19.35], RBC= 4.51 [3.55-5.52], HGB= 15.80 [12.41-19.65], HCT= 45.9[37.9-56.3], MCV=102.10[83.90111.55], MCH= 35.30 [29.35-39.10], MCHC= 34.3 [32.3-37.40], PLT= 236 [146-438], LYM= 37.5% [16.6-63.0%], MXD= 7.9%[1.65-15.75%], NEU= 53.7%[30.3-78.3], RDW= 15.6[12.019.0], PDW=11.0[9.1-15.7] and MPV= 9.4[8.1-11.8]. The current study found no significance difference between genders, except RDW (P=0.01) and gestational age group, but there was significance difference for WBC (p=0.007), RBC (p=0.018) and Absolute NEU (p=0.001). Conclusion: The values obtained from our study provide reference intervals for some hematological parameters in healthy newborns of Addis Ababa and its surrounding special weredas. However, the results need to be confirmed by larger samples from different centers throughout the country. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/21266 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | CBC, Reference interval, Umbilical Cord Blood, Neonates | en_US |
| dc.title | Establishing Umbilical Cord Blood Hematological Parameters Reference Interval for Newborns in St. Peter Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January 1 to March 31, 2019 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |