Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

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 Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

84244

PDM

5900020

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

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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