Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42350619›Full record

ReviewJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2026

A CBC drawn postnatally from umbilical cord blood can provide valuable diagnostic information for infants admitted to the NICU.

Robert D Christensen, Timothy M Bahr, Bailey B Zeiler, Stephen D Minton, Catherine L Chang, Jessica Davidson, Sara J Ilstrup, Patrick D Carroll, David A Kaufman, Robin K Ohls

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Robert D ChristensenDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. robert.christensen@hsc.utah.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5872-582X
Timothy M BahrDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-0290
Bailey B ZeilerDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-6820-0710
Stephen D MintonWomen and Newborns Research, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT, USA.
Catherine L ChangDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7559-4817
Jessica DavidsonDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6150-5569
Sara J IlstrupIntermountain Health Central Laboratories, Murray, UT, USA.
Patrick D CarrollWomen and Newborns Research, Intermountain Health, Murray, UT, USA.
David A KaufmanDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Robin K OhlsDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2865-8878

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A complete blood cell count (CBC) characterizes the cellular components of blood. It is one of the most frequently performed blood tests of hospitalized patients, including infants in a NICU. We quantified the percentage of Intermountain Health NICU patients who, during the past ten years, had a CBC drawn at birth or within the first two hours thereafter. The percentage progressively dropped annually, from 54% in 2016 to 13% in 2025. We authored this Perspective, (1) to review the array of diagnostic information that can be gained by a CBC at NICU admission, and (2) to emphasize that the initial CBC can be drawn from otherwise discarded fetal blood in the umbilical cord. Using that method avoids the blood volume reduction, and the pain, associated with infant phlebotomy. We hope these reminders support NICU providers in making informed decisions about ordering a CBC at birth.

Identifiers

PMID42350619

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.