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

Adenosine Deaminase
Order Code: ADENFL
Epic Lab Code: LAB2540
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen:
 
Body Fluid
Collection Medium:
Miscellaneous container; contact laboratory 


Minimum:


Preferred minimum: 0.3 mL body fluid
Absolute minimum:  0.1 mL body fluid


Rejection Criteria:


Turbid specimens


Analytic Time:


1 week


Reference Range:


Pleural transudate (total protein < 3.0 g/dL):  0.0 - 6.7 U/L
Pleural exudate (total protein > 3.0 g/dL):     1.6 - 9.2 U/L
 Tuberculosis         19.0 -  85.0 U/L
 Neoplastic            0.0 -  22.0 U/L
 Pneumonia             0.0 -  19.0 U/L
 Rheumatoid Arthritis 23.0 -  42.0 U/L
 Lymphoma              6.0 - 420.0 U/L
Peritoneal exudate or transudate:               0.0 - 7.6 U/L
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF):                         < 10.0 U/L


Methodology:


Spectrophotometry


CPT Code:


84311




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Updated: 02/18/2009

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