Specimens: | 1 ml EDTA plasma, frozen (ep) |
Preanalytics/Notes: | Blood sampling in an upright sitting posture after 20-30 minutes of rest. Centrifuge EDTA blood immediately after sampling and transfer supernatant plasma into a new tube, label this tube accordingly, freeze and dispatch deep-frozen. Patients should stop taking medications that affect the SNS a few days before blood sampling, if possible. Avoid tropical fruits, nuts, coffee, cocoa, tea before blood sampling. Follow up studies of tumor markers should always be done with the same testkit. |
Method: | Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectr |
Set-up: | Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun |
Duration: | 6 days |
Indication/Significance: |
The determination of free metanephrines in plasma is currently the most sensitive screening method for catecholamine excess! |
Interpretation: |
Increased in the case more… |
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