Acetazolamide Level

Synonyms

  • ACETAZOLAMIDE LEVEL
  • Diamox
  • LAB11057

Cerner Name

Acetazolamide Level

Clinical Info

Therapeutic Drug Management

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

Blood

Specimen Volume

1 mL serum or plasma (0.2 mL min)

Container

Red Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Red top tube or Green (Heparin) tube
Specimen:1 mL serum or plasma (0.2 mL min)
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Stability:  <3 days  Room temperature.
For storage beyond three days, specimen should be refrigerated or frozen
 
Note: Trough levels are most reproducible

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

<3 days  Room temperature.
For storage beyond three days, specimen should be refrigerated or frozen
 
Note: Trough levels are most reproducible

Methodology

High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detection(HPLC-UV)

Days Performed

TAT 7 days

Performing Laboratories

Medtox Laboratories, Inc.

CPT

80375

PDM

5913170

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
ACETAZOLAMIDE LEVEL ACETAZ ACETAZOLAMIDE LEVEL Acetazolamide Level

Result Interpretation

6.0 - 15.0 µg/mL
Report Limit: 0.5 µg/mL
Expected concentration range in patients on anticonvulsant
doses of acetazolamide: 6.0 - 15.0 µg/mL

Forms
Tox/TDM LAB11057 build edit