Direct Renin, Plasma

Synonyms

  • LAB532
  • PRA
  • RENIN DIRECT, PLASMA
  • RENIN, DIRECT

Cerner Name

Renin Plasma

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

Blood

Specimen Volume

1 mL (minimum volume: 0.80 mL) of plasma

Container

Lavender Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s)
Specimen: 1 mL (minimum volume: 0.80 mL) of plasma
Do not pre-chill EDTA blood collection tubes nor store tubes on ice, but process blood at room temperature.
Centrifuge tubes in a non-refrigerated centrifuge.

Separate EDTA-plasma from cells immediately after centrifugation, then aliquot and immediately deep-freeze at -20°C or below.
Send patient to a Northwell patient service center for collection if physician office cannot centrifuge and freeze plasma.

Transport Instructions

Frozen (–20°C or below)

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay (CLIA)

Days Performed

Monday through Friday
TAT 48 hours

Performing Laboratories

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

84244

PDM

5900020

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
RENIN PLASMA RENPLA RENIN PLASMA Renin Plasma

Result Interpretation

Values > 33.2 pg/ml will flag as abnormal, but will need to be correlated with patient's collection posture for interpretation
 

Patient’s Posture Age Range (pg/mL)
Upright < 40 4.2 – 52.2
Upright >40 3.6 – 81.6
Supine < 40 3.2 – 33.2
Supine >40 2.5 – 45.1

 

Forms
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