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S3E10 - Pediatric hemostasis: are children “small adults”?

Presented by Audrey Carlo and Cécile Hourquet // Special guest Gabrielle Pearl, Clinical Research Associate within the Market Access team at Stago

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Season 3, episode 10
9 min / Published
By Stago

Welcome to Ask Stago, The Podcast dedicated to provide expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.

In today’s episode, our guest Gabrielle Pearl will explain us the particularities of thrombosis and hemostasis in pediatric population, and how to manage pediatric patient samples in the clinical laboratory.

Link to previous podcasts:

  • S2E5 - How to collect and prepare the coagulation samples properly?
  • S2E3 - How to establish and control the reference range of my assay?

 

Literature sources:

  • Monagle P, Barnes C, Ignjatovic V, Furmedge J, Newall F, Chan A, De Rosa L, Hamilton S, Ragg P, Robinson S, Auldist A, Crock C, Roy N, Rowlands S. Developmental haemostasis. Impact for clinical haemostasis laboratories. Thromb Haemost. 2006 Feb;95(2):362-72. doi: 10.1160/TH05-01-0047.
  • Monagle P, Massicotte P. Developmental haemostasis: secondary haemostasis. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2011 Dec;16(6):294-300. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2011.07.007.
  • Attard C, van der Straaten T, Karlaftis V, Monagle P, Ignjatovic V. Developmental hemostasis: age-specific differences in the levels of hemostatic proteins. J Thromb Haemost 2013; 11: 1850–4.
  • Flanders MM, Phansalkar AR, Crist RA, Roberts WL, Rodgers GM. Pediatric reference intervals for uncommon bleeding and thrombotic disorders. J Pediatr. 2006 Aug;149(2):275-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.04.008
  • Lippi G, Franchini M, Montagnana M, Guidi GC. Coagulation testing in pediatric patients: the young are not just miniature adults. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2007 Nov;33(8):816-20. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1000373.

 

Content is scientific and technical in nature. It is intended as an educational tool for laboratory professionals and topics discussed are not intended as recommendations or as commentary on appropriate clinical practice

  • pediatric
  • children
  • infant
  • new born
  • hemostasis
  • thrombosis
  • hemophilia
  • ask stago
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