Hemoglobin measured by Hemocue and a reference method in venous and capillary blood: a validation study Hemoglobina medida por Hemocue y por un método de referencia en sangre venosa y capilar: estudio de validación

• Main Authors: Lynnette Neufeld (Author), Armando García-Guerra (Author), Domingo Sánchez-Francia (Author), Oscar Newton-Sánchez (Author), María Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos (Author), Juan Rivera-Dommarco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To assess the comparability of hemoglobin concentration (Hb) in venous and capillary blood measured by Hemocue and an automated spectrophotometer (Celldyn) and to document the influence of type of blood (capillary or venous) and analysis method on anemia prevalence estimates. Material and...