Serum in red top or serum separator tube, lavender top.
Specimen
1.0 mL serum and 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood.
Test Description
Nsaid Chemistries with AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT), Alk Phos, BUN, Creatinine, CBC, and T4.
A useful panel to evaluate the response to methimazole after a full minimum database has been run to make the initial diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. Includes an abbreviated chemistry (crea, BUN, AST, ALT, ALP), Complete Blood Count (CBC), a Total T4, and SDMA.
Interferences: T4 evaluation can be affected in a hemolyzed or moderately lipemic sample. Lipemia can falsely decrease T4 results. Lipemia can falsely elevate TSH results.