Cobalt (ICP-MS) (u) (Urine (u))

Testcode:	E_KOBU
Specimens:	10 ml Urine (u)
Preanalytics/Notes:	Spontaneous urine
Method:	Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrom
Dimension:	µg/l
Alternate dimension:	µmol/l (Factor: 0.0169) Calculator
Set-up:	on demand
Duration:	10 days
Indication/Significance:	Monitoring of exposed persons, e.g. in the tungsten carbide production, blue dyeing of glass, porcelain, enamel. Suspected cobalt intoxication possibly due to prothesis. Symptomes of a cobalt intoxication are: hypothyroidism metal fume fever cardiomyopathy pulmonary fibrosis vomitting, diarrhea, colics proteinuria allergies contact dermatitis polyglobulia Supposed carcinogen
Interpretation:	Cobalamine is excreted more… Cobalamine is excreted in urine, elementary cobalt via faeces. 85% of endogenous cobalt is part of cobalamine. If slightly increased cobalt value were obtained, repeated testing is reommended. close

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