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 Glucose, 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, a 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.