Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

24 Hour Urine Porphyrins, Quantitative Build info

Synonyms

  • PORPHYRINS, QN, 24 HR UR.
  • PORPHYRINS, URINE 24 HOUR QUANTITATIVE
  • LAB3046

Short Name

PORPHYRINS, QN, 24 HR UR.

Procedure Master Number

LAB3046

Procedure ID

172771

Clinical Info

Evaluate porphyrias, including those involving deficiencies of enzymes that are needed for heme synthesis and chemical porphyrias.

Specimen Sources

 Bladder Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Ureter, Left Ureter, Right Urine, Catheter Urine, Clean Catch

Specimen Types

 Urine

Container

24hr Ur No Light

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: 24-Hour urine container.- Light Protected
Specimen: 2 mL (1.5 mL min) . Collect with 5 grams of sodium carbonate or no preservative, if properly refrigerated and light protected
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated urine- Indicate TV on container.
Stability: Unstable Room Temperature
Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days
Protect specimen from light during collection and transport

Collection Instruct patient to void at 8 AM (or 8 PM) and discard the specimen. Then collect all the urine, including the final specimen voided at the end of the 24-hour collection period (ie, 8 AM [or 8 PM] the following day). Specimen must be kept refrigerated

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated urine- Indicate TV on container.

Specimen Stability

Unstable Room Temperature
Refrigerated: 7 days Frozen: 30 days
Protect specimen from light during collection and transport

Collection Instruct patient to void at 8 AM (or 8 PM) and discard the specimen. Then collect all the

Methodology

High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorometric detection

Days Performed

TAT 4 - 7 days

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp Burlington, NC

CPT

84120 - porphyrins

LOINC Code: 43116-3

PDM

 5902651

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Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
TOTAL URINE VOLUME URINETOTALV URINE TOTAL VOLUME
UROPORPHYRINS - 24 HOUR URINE URO24UR UROPORPHYRINS 24H UR Uroporphyrins - 24 Hour Urine
UROPORPHYRIN I - 24 HOUR URINE UROPORP24UR UROPORPHYRIN 24H UR
HEPTACARBOXYL (7-CP) HEPTACARBO HEPTACARBOXYL
HEPTACARBOXYLPORPHYRINS HEPTACARBO HEPTACARBOXYL Heptacarboxylporphyrins
HEXACARBOXYL (6-CP) HEXACARBO HEXACARBOXYL Hexacarboxyl (6-Cp)
HEXACARBOXYLPORPHYRINS HEXACARB24 HEXACARBOXYL PORPHYRIN 24H UR
PENTACARBOXYL (5-CP) PENTACARBO PENTACARBOXYL Pentacarboxyl (5-Cp)
PENTACARBOXYLPORPHYRIN. PENTACARB24 PENTACARBOXYL PORPHYRIN 24H UR
COPROPORPHYRINS - 24 HOUR URINE CORP24UR COPROPORPHYRIN 24H UR
COPROPORPHYRIN I - RANDOM URINE COPRORAN1DUR COPROPORPHYRIN I RAND UR Coproporphyrin I - Random Urine
COPROPORPHYRIN (CP) III COPROCPIII COPRO CP III Coproporphyrin (Cp) Iii
COPROPORPHYRIN III - 24 HOUR URINE COPROIIIUR COPROPORPHYRIN III 24H UR Coproporphyrin Iii - 24 Hour Urine