Catecholamines, Plasma Fractionated

Specimen Container

Green-lithuim

Specimen Collection Type

Plasma

Minimum Volume To Collect (Ml)

1.1 ml

Specimen Preparation

Centrifuge and freeze in <1H

Stability

Ambient Stability: Unable
Refrig Stability: Unable
Frozen Stability: 1 year

Unacceptable Conditions

Serum or urine.

Preferred Transportation Temperature

FROZEN

Remarks

COLLECTION!
Patient Preparation. Patient should be calm and seated for 15 minutes prior to collection. Alternately, patient may be calm and supine for 30 minutes prior to collection. Drugs and medications may affect results and should be discontinued for 72 hours prior to specimen collection, if possible.

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

1-4 days

Methodology

Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Lab Department

Core

Testing Location

IHC

Synonyms

Epinephrine
Catecholamines, Free
Catecholamine Fractionation
Noradrenaline
Dopamine
Plasma Catecholamines
Adrenalin
Norepinephrine
008021

Test OR Panel

Test

Misc Instructions

COLLECTION!
Patient must be lying down for 20min before draw.lithium must be spun and plasma frozen asap

Unit of Measurement

pmol/L

CPT Codes

82384

LOINC

34551-2

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