pathology services handbook - St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
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Test Specimen and tube<br />
(colour)<br />
Reference and<br />
therapeutic ranges<br />
(units)<br />
Adults<br />
Creatine kinase (CK) Blood Rust 40 – 320 U/L Male<br />
25 – 200 U/L Female<br />
Values up to 2.5 – 3x ULN<br />
found in Afro-Caribbeans<br />
Comments<br />
(reporting frequency)<br />
Urgent / daily<br />
Creatinine Blood Rust 60 - 110 µmol/L Urgent / daily<br />
Creatinine (urine) 24h Urine Plain<br />
Creatinine clearance 24 h urine +<br />
Blood<br />
Plain urine<br />
Rust<br />
10 – 18 mmol/24h Male<br />
8 – 16 mmol/24h Female<br />
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Daily<br />
80 – 140 mL/min Blood collected within one<br />
day of urine collection. Daily<br />
Ciclosporin Blood Lavender No reference range provided. Every Mon, Wed & Fri.<br />
Weekends only by prior<br />
arrangement with consultant<br />
Cystine urine (quantitative)* 24h Urine Plain See report for interpretation 2 weeks<br />
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate<br />
(DHEAS)*<br />
Blood Red See report for interpretation 2 weeks<br />
11-deoxycortisol* Blood Red See report for interpretation 2 – 3 weeks<br />
Digoxin Blood Red 0.5 – 2.0 µg/L therapeutic<br />
range<br />
Dihydrotestosterone* Blood Red See report for interpretation 3 - 4 weeks<br />
Sample should be 6 hours<br />
post dose. Include dosage<br />
details on request form.<br />
Daily<br />
Drug screen (toxicology/overdose)* Random Urine Monovette See report for interpretation Blood needed only for<br />
quantitative results<br />
1 – 2 weeks<br />
Drugs of abuse screen (urine)* Random Urine Monovette Negative Qualitative results<br />
Daily<br />
Erythropoietin* Blood Red See report for interpretation Include haemoglobin to aid<br />
interpretation of result<br />
2 – 3 weeks<br />
Fat globule screen Faeces<br />
Plain Normal Weekly<br />
Ferritin Blood Rust 15 – 250 µg/L Male<br />
10 – 150 µg/L Female<br />
Daily<br />
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) Blood Rust 1 – 10 IU/L Male Daily<br />
Female Ranges<br />
1 – 10 IU/L Follicular<br />
2 – 9 IU/L Luteal<br />
5 – 27 IU/L Mid-cycle<br />
peak<br />
> 30 IU/L Postmenopausal<br />
Folate Blood Rust 5.0 - 10 µg/L Daily<br />
Free fatty acids* Blood Green See report for interpretation. By arrangement. Contact lab<br />
for specimen collection<br />
details<br />
2 – 3 weeks<br />
Free T3 Blood Rust 2.7 – 6.5 pmol/L Daily<br />
Free T4 Blood Rust 10 – 23 pmol/L Daily<br />
Fructosamine* Blood Red See report for interpretation By arrangement<br />
2 – 3 weeks<br />
Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl<br />
Blood Green 20.2 – 46.4 µmol/h/gHb Patient should not have been<br />
transferase*<br />
transfused red cells within<br />
the last 6 weeks.<br />
2 – 3 weeks<br />
Gamma glutamyltransferase (γGT) Blood Rust < 64 U/L Males<br />
< 38 U/L Females<br />
Daily<br />
Gastrin* (see gut hormones) Blood<br />
Lavender<br />
Gentamicin Blood Rust See report for interpretation Daily<br />
Glucose Blood<br />
Grey<br />
3 – 6 mmol/L fasting<br />
Urgent / Daily<br />
Glucose (CSF) CSF Grey Relates to Blood glucose<br />
(normal = 2/3 value)<br />
Urgent/Daily<br />
Glycosaminoglycans (urine) Random Urine Monovette See report for interpretation 1 – 3 weeks<br />
Growth Hormone Blood Rust Requested as part of dynamic<br />
function test. See report for<br />
interpretation.<br />
Daily
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