Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

TUBE OR CONTAINER: Plastic urine container
SPECIAL HANDLING: Adjust pH to 1-3 with 6N HCl
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 10 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 4 mL
TEST INCLUDES: Urinary epinephrine; urinary, norepinephrine;
urinary dopamine; creatinine
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
REFERENCE RANGE: Age specific
OTHER NAMES: Dopamine, Urine; Epinephrine,urine; Free
Catecholamine Fractionation; Norepinephrine, urine
METHODOLOGY: High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) with
electrochemical (EC) detection
CLINICAL USE: Work up neuroblastoma; diagnose pheocromocytoma
CPT: 82384
[CATHARLAX] CATHARTIC LAXATIVE PANEL
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Frozen stool (liquid or solid)
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Tightly sealed container
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 20 mLs or 20 grams
MINIMUM VOLUME: 10 mLs or 10 grams
TEST INCLUDES: Anthraquinones, Bisacodyl, Magnesium, Oils,
Oxyphenisatin, Phenolphthalein, Phosphorus
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 5-10 days
METHODOLOGY: Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAAS);
Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission
Spectroscopy (ICP/AES);Thin Layer Chromatography
(TLC)
CPT: 83735; 84100
[CATM] UR CALCIUM TIMED
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Refrigerated aliquot of 24-hour urine
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Plastic urine container
SPECIAL HANDLING: Collect 24-hour urine in "P" container (no
preservative)
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 10 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 8 hours
REFERENCE RANGE:
50-150 mg/24hrs based on Low to Average Calcium intake
100-300 mg/24hrs based on Average Calcium intake
METHODOLOGY: Indirect potentiometry
CLINICAL USE: Reflects intake rates of intestinal calcium
absorption, bone resorption, and renal loss
CPT: 82340
[CAUR] Urine Random Calcium
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Refrigerated random urine
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Plastic urine container