Catecholamine Frac Random Urn CATERU

Synonyms
Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name	Catecholamines, Fractionated Random Urine
Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name	Catecholamines Fractionation, Urine
EPIC Order Name	Random Urine, Catecholamines, Fractionated, Urinary Free
Clinical Info	Clinically, the measurement ofcirculating catecholamines is valuable in the diagnosis of catecholamine secreting tumors associated chiefly with hypertension (pheochromocytomas, neuroblastomas, and gangliomas) and with the evaluation of orthostatic hypotension.
Specimen Type	Urine
Specimen Volume	10 mL random urine (5mL min) pH below 3
Container	Urine Cup
Collection Instructions	Container/Tube: Urine container Specimen: 10 mL random urine (5mL min) pH below 3 Transport Temperature: Room Temperature Stabilty: 7 Days Room Temperature 7 Days Refrigerated 28 Days Frozen Collection Instructions: After urine collection add 6N HCL to maintain a pH below 3 Urine without preservative is acceptable if pH is below 6 and sample shipped frozen
Transport Instructions	Room Temperature
Specimen Stability
Methodology	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Includes: Creatinine, Norepinephrine, Dopamine, and Total Catecholamines (calculated)
Days Performed
Performing Laboratory	LabCorp
CPT	82384 82570
PDM	5908860
Result Interpretation Catecholamines, Fract, Random Urine Age_______Norepi___Epi______Dopa Age_____mcg/g Cr_mcg/g Cr_mcg/g Cr Birth-7 mo__12-286___2-45____107-2180 7 mo-1 yr___19-250___5-45_____96-2441 _1-_2 yrs___25-210___1-49_____86-1861 _3-_8 yrs___20-108___4-32____295-1123 _9-12 yrs___20-_73___1-15____164-_744 13-17 yrs___15-_58___1-10____156-_551 18 y-old age_ 7-_65___2-16_____ 40- 390 Catecholamines, Total (E + NE), Random Ur Age_______mcg/g Cr Birth-7 mos_ 24-322 7 mo-1 yr___10-295 _1-_2 yrs___30-263 _3-_8 yrs___30-130 _9-12 yrs___25-_90 13-17 yrs___20-_70 18 y-old age_ 9-_74
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