Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) Monitoring Panel with fT4 (ED)
- Test Code
- L560
- Results:
- 1-3 days.
- Specimen
- 2.0 mL serum, 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood, 1.0 mL EDTA plasma (label accordingly), 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 L525 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.