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Validity of arterial hematocrits in newborns
1Regional Center for Mothers and Babies, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis 46202.
American Journal of Diseases of Children (1960)
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Various methods are used to obtain specimens for hematocrit determination in neonates. We evaluated arterial sampling and found this method to be acceptable. Arterial values correlated closely with simultaneously obtained venous samples. Venous blood obtained with a tourniquet had a significantly higher hematocrit than that obtained without a tourniquet.