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Test Overview
Liquid chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Investigation of primary and secondary aldosteronism
0-2 years: 4.6 ng/mL/hour (mean)* Range: 1.4-7.8 ng/mL/hour
3-5 years: 2.5 ng/mL/hour (mean)* Range: 1.5-3.5 ng/mL/hour
6-8 years: 1.4 ng/mL/hour (mean)* Range: 0.8-2.0 ng/mL/hour
9-11 years: 1.9 ng/mL/hour (mean)* Range: 0.9-2.9 ng/mL/hour
12-17 years: 1.8 ng/mL/hour (mean)* Range: 1.2-2.4 ng/mL/hour
Mean data not standardized as to time of day or diet. Infants were supine, children sitting.
Na-depleted, upright (peripheral vein specimen)
18-39 years: 10.8 ng/mL/hour (mean)
2.9-24.0 ng/mL/hour (range)
> or =40 years: 5.9 ng/mL/hour (mean)
2.9-10.8 ng/mL/hour (range)
Na-replete, upright (peripheral vein specimen)
18-39 years: 1.9 ng/mL/hour (mean)
< or =0.6-4.3 ng/mL/hour (range)
> or =40 years: 1.0 ng/mL/hour (mean)
< or =0.6-3.0 ng/mL/hour (range)
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
Specimen Requirements
Draw in a chilled syringe, into a prechilled tube, from a patient in a seated position. Immediately place the EDTA tube in an ice bath. Walk to Specimen Processing immediately. It must be spun, aliquoted and frozen within 30 minutes.
Draw in a chilled syringe, into a prechilled tube, from a patient in a seated position. Immediately place the EDTA tube in an ice bath. Refrigerate while centrifuging, and immediately aliquot and freeze the plasma, within 30 minutes.