Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Aldosterone Build info

Synonyms

  • ALDOSTERONE
  • LAB557

Procedure Name

ALDOSTERONE

Procedure Master Number

LAB557

Procedure ID

64455

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Gold Top
Specimen: 1 mL (minimum volume: 0.5 mL) of serum

Specimen Volume

1 mL (minimum volume: 0.5 mL) of serum

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA)

Days Performed

Monday through Saturday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

82088

PDM

 5900220

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
ALDOSTERONE, SERUM ALDOSTSER ALDOSTERONE SER Aldosterone
ALDOSTERONE, SERUM ALDOSTSER ALDOSTERONE SER Aldosterone

Result Interpretation

Values >23.2 ng/dL will flag as abnormal, but will need to be correlated with patient's collection posture for interpretation.
 

Patient’s Posture Age Range (ng/dL)
Upright 21 - 65 <3.0 – 39.2
Supine 21 - 65 <3.0 – 23.2
Upright – EDTA 21 - 65 <3.0 – 35.3
Supine - EDTA 21 - 65 <3.0 – 23.6


 

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