Test Overview
Photo-optical clot determination with Factor V deficient substrate.
Detection of specific coagulation factor V deficiency.
50-150%
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
Interpretation of results may be limited if patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy.
Test Details
2 hours
- Factor V Assay
- Factor V:C Assay
- F5
- Factor 5 Assay
- Factor 5 Activity
STAT requests for this test will be performed for UMHS inpatients, Emergency Department patients and Veterans Hospital patients.
Specimen Requirements
Collect specimen in a blue top (citrate 3.2%) tube. Mix by inversion. Specimen should arrive at lab within 3 hours of collection; transport at room temperature. Alternatively, centrifuge, aliquot plasma into a polypropylene plastic vial, and freeze the specimen within 4 hours of collection. Transport frozen specimen on dry ice. Collection of the blood through lines that have been previously flushed with heparin should be avoided. If the blood must be drawn through a VAD (vascular access device), the line should be flushed with 5 mL of saline and the first 5 mL of blood or six dead space volumes of the VAD discarded.
Additional Information
Factor V may be increased in patients with nephrotic syndrome and in burn patients and decreased in patients with liver disease, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), factor V deficiency, myelocytic leukemia (acute & chronic), monocytic leukemia, and occasionally in chronic renal failure.