Clin Lab. 2022 Feb 1;68(2). doi: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2021.210539.
Prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) are routine coagulation tests. The absence of age-dependent reference interval (RI) may lead to abnormal results in children. In this study, we aimed to verify adult-based RIs in children and establish pediatric RIs for PT and aPTT.
We analyzed PT and aPTT results. Samples from inpatients and outpatients aged 1 - 18 years, considered healthy subjects, were divided into six groups by age. Verification and establishment of RIs were conducted.
Applying adult-based RIs to pediatrics was statistically invalid for individuals aged 10 - 18 years for PT and invalid throughout childhood for aPTT. The new RI of PT for individuals aged 10 - 18 years was 11.1 - 14.1 seconds and that of aPTT for individuals aged 1 - 9 years was 28.2 - 46.0 seconds.
Pediatric RIs were higher than adult-based RIs. Using pediatric RI can save time, labor, and costs to make clinical decision.
凝血酶原时间(PT)和活化部分凝血活酶时间(aPTT)是常规凝血检测。缺乏年龄依赖性参考区间(RI)可能导致儿童的检测结果异常。在本研究中,我们旨在验证儿童的成人基础 RI,并建立 PT 和 aPTT 的儿科 RI。
我们分析了 PT 和 aPTT 的结果。将年龄在 1 至 18 岁、被认为是健康受试者的住院和门诊患者的样本分为 6 组,按年龄分组。对 RI 进行了验证和建立。
将成人 RI 应用于儿科,对于 10 至 18 岁的个体,PT 的 RI 统计上无效,而对于整个儿童时期,aPTT 的 RI 无效。10 至 18 岁个体的 PT 新 RI 为 11.1-14.1 秒,1 至 9 岁个体的 aPTT 新 RI 为 28.2-46.0 秒。
儿科 RI 高于成人基础 RI。使用儿科 RI 可以节省时间、劳动力和成本来做出临床决策。