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ArticleHeliyon2023

Variations in the full blood count parameters among apparently healthy humans in the Ho municipality using ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), sodium citrate and lithium heparin anticoagulants: A laboratory-based cross-sectional analytical study.

Elliot Elikplim Akorsu, Linda Brown Adjabeng, Maridiatu Amir Sulleymana, Precious Kwablah Kwadzokpui

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Elliot Elikplim AkorsuDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Linda Brown AdjabengDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Maridiatu Amir SulleymanaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Precious Kwablah KwadzokpuiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.

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Abstract

Background: Several studies have shown that various anticoagulants used for collection of blood samples produce varying effects on haematological analyses. Tripotassium ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (K Method: A laboratory-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted using blood samples from 55 conveniently sampled apparently healthy tertiary students from January 2021 to October 2021. Blood samples were taken from each participant into 3 anticoagulant tubes: K Results: The study comprised 34 males and 21 females. The median age for males (23 years: min = 20, max = 34) was statistically comparable (p = 0.2652) to that of females (22 years: min = 18, max = 34). We observed excellent consistency in the estimation of MCV (ICC = 0.94), MCH (ICC = 0.98), MCHC (ICC = 0.91), GRAN# (ICC = 0.92) and LYMPH% (ICC = 0.91) across the three anticoagulants. Heparin and K Conclusion: Citrated blood consistently produced lower FBC values compared to heparin and K

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AnticoagulantEthylenediamine tetra-acetic acidFull blood fountHaematologicalLithium heparinSodium citrate

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PMID37389085
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