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However, many clinicians remain skeptical about the accuracy of POC hemoglobin results. Our study evaluated the agreement between POC testing and laboratory measurements of hemoglobin concentration in infants born at &amp;gt;28 weeks gestational age.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This prospective cohort study analyzed 187 paired blood samples from infants born after 28 weeks of gestation admitted to the NICU between July 2023 and December 2024. Hemoglobin levels from paired blood samples were measured using two different Methods: a POC gas analyzer and a laboratory analyzer. The laboratory analyzer (Sysmex XN-9100\u00ae) requires a minimum of 500\u2005\u00b5L of blood, while the POC analyzer (ABL90 Flex Radiometer\u00ae) only needs 65\u2005\u00b5L. A Bland-Altman plot was utilized for statistical analysis to assess the agreement between the two methods and to identify any systematic differences.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 197 eligible patients, 187 were enrolled in the study, with a mean gestational age of 36.6 weeks (\u00b1 3.2) at birth. There was no significant difference between the results from laboratory arterial-venous samples (16.14\u2005g\/dL) and POC testing (16.04\u2005g\/dL;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.34). However, capillary samples from the POC testing showed significantly higher results (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.01) than the laboratory results. The Bland-Altman plot revealed a mean difference of 0.09 for arterial-venous samples and \u22120.41 for capillary samples when comparing POC results with laboratory results.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Point-of-care testing for hemoglobin analysis using arterial-venous samples may be an alternative method for quantifying hemoglobin in neonates born at a gestational age &amp;gt;28 weeks. 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