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PTH Intraoperative
Message**Please notify the lab if a Parathyroid Extraction surgery is scheduled.**
Test Code
LAB6117
Alias/See Also
RPT; Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone
CPT Codes
83970
Preferred Specimen
EDTA plasma - PPT (white-top) tube or Purple Top acceptable.
Minimum Volume
2 mL
Instructions
Routine venipuncture Collect EDTA plasma - PPT (white-top) tube or Purple Top acceptable.
Specimen Stability
8 hours at 15-25C 3 days at 2-8C
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Hemolysis; Insufficient quantity; Failure to follow stability requirements
Methodology
Electrochemiluminescent immunoassay
Report Available
STAT: 30 minutes
Reference Range
15.0-65.0 pg/mL
A 50% decline in PTH concentration from the baseline indicates the affected gland was removed. This occurredin 122 Of 125 cases. AM.J. CLIN. PATH 2004 122:704-712
A 50% decline in PTH concentration from the baseline indicates the affected gland was removed. This occurredin 122 Of 125 cases. AM.J. CLIN. PATH 2004 122:704-712
