Haptoglobin

Message

Performing Lab: Regions

Test Code

0501

Alias/See Also

Sunquest: HAPTO

CPT Codes
83010

Preferred Specimen

0.5 mL Serum Separator (gold-top) tube

Minimum Volume

0.2 mL

Other Acceptable Specimens

Red, Red/Gray, Lithium Heparin (green top)

Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 2 months

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Hemolysis

Methodology
Turbidometric

Setup Schedule

Daily

Report Available

Same day.

Reference Range

35 - 250 mg/mL

Clinical Significance

Haptoglobin is an acute phase reactant. This term refers to proteins whose serum concentrations rise significantly during acute inflammation due to causes including surgery, myocardial infarction, infections and tumors. Haptoglobin binds free hemoglobin in plasma. The hemoglobin/haptoglobin complexes are removed from the circulation by the reticulo-endothelial system. Decreased Haptoglobin concentrations are generally indicative of erythrocyte destruction. Levels of Haptoglobin may appear increased in conditions of burns and nephrotic syndrome when large amounts of fluid and lower-molecular weight plasma proteins have been lost.

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