Evaluation of Hemoglobin Concentration of Cord, Capillary and Venous sampling in Neonates

BackgroundAnemia is one of the most common abnormalities in pediatric medicine. Considerabledifferences are seen in the peripheral blood indices of infants in developing countries. The aim ofthis study was to determine and compared blood hemoglobin concentration in three sites ofsampling in neonate.Materials and Methods1600 term and preterm new infant in three sites of sampling (cord, capillary and venous) weretaken under investigation. All neonates were examined during first day. The methodologyexcluded patients with a high likelihood of receiving blood transfusions and those who had adiagnosis of neonatal anemia. Finally, obtained data were analyzed and then compared to otherhematology results.ResultsMean hemoglobin value obtained from cord was 15.39+/- 5.39 SD and from capillary were19.62+/- 5.75 SD and from venous were 17+/- 7.79 SD. Mean hemoglobin value of cord in termneonates were 15.4+/- 5.07 SD and pre term neonates were 14.77+/- 1.69 SD. (P=0.036) Meanhemoglobin value of capillary in term neonates were 19.63+/- 5.76 SD and pre term neonateswere 18.85+/- 1.79 SD. (P=0.015) Mean hemoglobin value of venous in term neonates were17.01+/- 7.81 SD and pre term neonates were 16.15+/- 1.76 SD. (P=0.012) There was acorrelation between cord and capillary mean hemoglobin. (P=0.0235)ConclusionsThe capillary samples had a higher mean hemoglobin concentration than other groups. There wasno difference between these data with respect to the hemoglobin values for any groups.