Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) Monitoring Panel with ACTH TRH Stim
Test Code
L500TRH
Results:
1-2 days.
Specimen
1.0 mL serum, 0.5 mL spun AND separated serum, 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood, 1.0 mL EDTA PRE plasma, 1.0 mL EDTA POST plasma, with or without 0.5 mL citrated plasma (preferred for Fibrinogen).
Label ALL Type and Time accordingly.
Test Description
Equine Chemistry with a Complete Blood Count (CBC), Fibrinogen, ACTH TRH Stim PRE and POST (Equine), Insulin (Equine), and T4.
See L535 and T470E for additional drawing instructions.
Interferences: T4 evaluation can be affected in a hemolyzed or moderately lipemic sample. Lipemia can falsely decrease T4 results.