The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Amiodarone
Order Code: AMIO
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Serum or Plasma
Collection Medium:
or
Red top tube Green top tube (Na Heparin) 


Minimum:


Absolute minimum: 0.5 mL serum in red top tube or 0.5 mL heparinized 
plasma


Rejection Criteria:


Gel separator tubes


Analytic Time:


1 week


Reference Range:


500 - 2500 ng/mL
Critical Value:  5000 ng/mL


Comments:


Includes Desethylamiodarone.


Methodology:


High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detection 
(HPLC-UV)


CPT Code:


82492


 


See Additional Information:
Commercial (Mailout) Critical Lab Values




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Updated: 07/11/2008

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