Lab Test Details
Lab Test Details
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10140 |
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82088 |
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None |
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Serum or plasma |
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Red-top ,gold-top, or lavender top (EDTA) tube |
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Separate serum or plasma. Specify if patient was upright or supine during collection. |
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Volume: 1.0 ml. |
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Evaluate patients with hypertension and possible hyperaldosteronism. |
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No isotopes administered 24 hours prior to venipuncture. Recommended that patient be ambulatory for at least 30 minutes prior to collection-patient posture can affect aldosterone levels. |
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Separate serum or plasma and aliquot in plastic tube. |
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Refrigerate |
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14 days |
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Gross hemolysis; gross lipemia; recently administered isotopes; plasma from green top tube. |
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See Lab Corp Directory online for pediatric and adult reference ranges. |
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| Aldosterone | |
| Liquid Chromatography/tandem mass spectrophotometry (LC/MS-MS) | |
| 004374 | |
| Rhonda Crowe | |
| 3/31/22 | |
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* Reference Lab Test |