In a New JAMA Paper, AACC Experts Demonstrate Crucial Gap in Children's Medical Testing
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking study published today in JAMA demonstrates significant inconsistencies with pediatric reference intervals, which are essential to high quality pediatric medical testing.
- WASHINGTON, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking study published today in JAMA demonstrates significant inconsistencies with pediatric reference intervals, which are essential to high quality pediatric medical testing.
- Completed by AACC's laboratory medicine experts, this study identifies some of the most pressing issues in this area, thereby paving the way for the medical community to develop more reliable pediatric reference intervals and vastly improve children's medical care.
- For example, imprecise reference intervals can lead to a physician missing that a child has a serious medical condition and failing to administer treatment in time.
- From this, Vesper's team found that many of these pediatric reference intervals are inappropriate for assessing a child's health or monitoring treatment.