Cortisol ECLIA (24h) (u) (Urine (u), frozen)

Specimens:	10 ml Urine (u), frozen
Preanalytics/Notes:	Please collect the urine for 24 hours. Thoroughly mix the collected urine and indicate collection volume and additionally collection time, if less than 24h. Fill approx. 10 ml into a tube without additives. Do not acidify urine, pH must be >4. Stability: 24h at room temperature, 4 days at 2-8 degrees Celsius, > 4 days: freeze.
Method:	ECLIA
Dimension:	µg/24h
Alternate dimension:	nmol/24h (Factor: 2.759) Calculator
Set-up:	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration:	1 day
Indication/Significance:	Hypo- or hypercortisolism (Addison's/Cushing's disease). Note: This test does not determine the free cortisol, but the total cortisol in the urine.
Interpretation:	Increased in the case more… Increased in the case of: Cushing's syndrome, stress reaction, adiposity, alcoholism, endogenous depression, anorexia nervosa Decreased in the case of: Primary or secondary hypoadrenalism (Addison's disease) close
Further tests:	Cortisol in the serum; short ACTH test, dexamethasone inhibition test

both sex
from 0 - 17 Years
No reference range known for this age. For children and adolescents between 8 and 18 years of age, the ranges for adults can be used as an orienting guide (11.5-102 µg/24h). Healthy children <8 years excrete about half the amount of cortisol compared to adults (Gomez MT et al. J Pediatr. 1991 Feb;118(2):256-8).
from 18 Years - 120 Years	11,50 - 102,00 µg/24h

Representation of age: "from" refers to the commenced year(s) (month) of age; "until" refers to the completed year(s) (month) of age.