Specimens: | 1 ml Citrated plasma, frozen (cp) |
Preanalytics/Notes: | Please always send a separate specimen for this test. |
Method: | Photometric assay |
Dimension: | ng/ml |
Set-up: | Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun |
Duration: | 10 days |
Indication/Significance: | Monitoring therapy with edoxaban. Detection of residual levels or overdoses. |
Interpretation: |
Edoxaban is an orally more… Edoxaban is an orally ingested, direct inhibitor of factor Xa. It is used to anticoagulate patients suffering from atrial fibrillation or thromboembolic disease. |
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The following steady-state plasma levels were determined in studies: Indication atrial fibrillation (median and 1.5 x interquartile range) Dosage 1 x 60 mg Peak level 120 - 250 ng/ml (median 170) Trough level 10 - 40 ng/ml (median 22) Dosage 1 x 30 mg Peak level 60 - 120 ng/ml (median 84) Through level 4 - 20 ng/ml (median 12) (Ref: Weitz et al., Thromb Haemost 2010) Indication secondary prophylaxis after VTE (median and interquartile range) Dosage 1 x 60 mg Peak level 149 - 317 ng/ml (median 234) Through level 10 - 39 ng/ml (median 19) Dosage 1 x 30 mg Peak level 99 - 225 ng/ml (median 164) Through level 8 - 32 ng/ml (median 16) (Ref: Verhamme et al.; Thromb Haemost 2016) |
Die Kosten werden für den i. d. R. genutzten 1,15-fachen GOÄ-Satz dargestellt. Wird die Untersuchung nicht in Ihrem regionalen Labor durchgeführt, erfolgt die Analyse in dem Labor, das im Leistungsverzeichnis genannt ist. In diesem Fall gilt der dort für die Untersuchung angegebene Preis.