Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) Monitoring Panel with fT4 (ED)
Test Code
CL560
Results:
1-6 days.
Specimen
1.5 mL serum, 0.5 mL spun AND separated serum, 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood, 1.0 mL EDTA plasma, with or without 0.5 mL citrated plasma (preferred for Fibrinogen).
Label ALL accordingly.
Test Description
Equine Chemistry with a Complete Blood Count (CBC), Fibrinogen, ACTH Endogenous (Equine), Insulin (Equine), T4, and Free T4 by Equilibrium Dialysis.
See CL525 and CT470E for additional drawing instructions.
Interferences: T4 evaluation can be affected in a hemolyzed or moderately lipemic sample. Lipemia can falsely decrease T4 results.