Outpatient Only

Esoterix, Cortisol

Synonyms

  • CORTISOL (ESOTERIX)
  • LAB10943

Cerner Name

ESO Cortisol

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

Blood

Specimen Volume

0.5 mL serum (0.1 mL min)

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Gold top tube
Specimen: 0.5 mL serum (0.1 mL min)
Transport Temperature: Frozen serum
 
Note: Separate serum or plasma within one hour; transfer into a plastic transport tube.

Transport Instructions

Frozen serum

Specimen Stability

Methodology

High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) tandem mass spectrometry

Days Performed

Performing Laboratories

Labcorp-Esoterix

CPT

82533

PDM

5901353

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
CORTISOL, SERUM (ESO) CORTISOL CORTISOL, SERUM ESO Cortisol

Result Interpretation

 
Age Range (ug/dL
Premature (26 - 28w) Day 4 1.0 - 11
Premature (31 - 35w) Day 4 2.5 - 9.1 
Full-term Day 3 1.7 - 14
Full-term Day 7 2.0 - 11
31d - 11m 2.8 - 23
12m - 15y (8:00 AM) 3.0 - 21
  8:00 AM 4:00 PM
Adults 8.0 - 19 4.0 - 11
 

Forms
Endocrine LAB10943 build edit