Interleukin 6 (s) (Serum, frozen (s))

Testcode:	E_INTL6
Specimens:	1 ml Serum, frozen (s)
Preanalytics/Notes:	Let whole blood coagulate after sampling, centrifuge, transfer supernatant serum into a new tube, label the tube accordingly, freeze and dispatch frozen. Alternatively: frozen heparin plasma.
Method:	ECLIA
Dimension:	pg/ml
Set-up:	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration:	5 days
Indication/Significance:	Early detection of a neonatal sepsis Prognosis parameters with sepsis, trauma and cardiac insufficiency After isolated cerebrocranial trauma, elevated IL-6 levels in the first 48 h after trauma indicate an unfavourable progress (long ventilation, risk of pneumonia, increased lethality).
Interpretation:	Elevated IL-6 more… Elevated IL-6 concentrations are indicative of inflammatory processes with different causes. Strongly increased concentrations of IL-6 and TNF-alpha can be found with SIRS. High concentrations of > 1,000 pg/ml indicate an unfavourable prognosis. Elevated IL-6 levels in umbilical cord blood of high-risk neonates are a good indicator for the development of a neonatal sepsis. CRP usually reacts later. close

sample referred to a partner lab

both sex
	< 7,0 pg/ml