Clinical laboratory hematology reference values among infants aged 1month to 17 months in Kombewa Sub-County, Kisumu: A cross sectional study of rural population in Western Kenya.

ABSTRACT: There is an urgent need for reliable region-specific hematological reference values for clinical monitoring. Laboratory reference ranges are important for assessing study participant eligibility, toxicity grading and management of adverse events in clinical trials and clinical diagnosis. Most clinical laboratories in Kenya rely on hematological reference values provided by instrument manufacturers and/or textbooks, which are based on population from Europe or North America. The use of such values in medical practice could result in improper patient management, selection bias in selection of appropriate participants for clinical trials and flawed classification of the clinical adverse events when applied to African populations. The aim of this study was to establish local laboratory hematol

SUBMITTER: Ouma JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968642 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature