Adenosine Deaminase, Body Fluid

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:

Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) specimens or whole blood. Turbid specimens that cannot be clarified by centrifugation.

Specimen Instructions:

Acceptable body fluids: CSF, peritoneal fluid, or pleural fluid

Analytic Time:

4 working days upon receipt at reference laboratory

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