Aldosterone,serum
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Name: Aldosterone,serum
Code: N5535-BI
Sample Type: Serum
Turnaround Time (TAT): 8 days
Preparation & Notes
750 µl Serum (s), frozen Blood sampling in recumbent position (e.g. patients confined to bed) or blood sampling in patients (sitting upright) in the morning between 8 and 10 o' clock after resting for 15 minutes in a seated position. Before that, the patient should have been in an upright posture for at least 2 hours (sitting, standing or walking). Patients should stop taking diuretics and antihypertensive agents 8 days beforehand, if possible.