Specimen

Serum

Collection Medium:

Minimum:

Adult minimum: 3.0 mL serum
Pediatric minimum: 0.5 mL serum

Delivery Instructions:

Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection.

Analytic Time:

8 working days

Reference Range:

DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE (DOC)
                        Range         Mean
                       (ng/dl)       (ng/dl)
Premature Infants:
 26-28 Weeks, Day 4:    20-105         47
Newborn:  Levels are markedly elevated at birth and decrease rapidly 
during the first week to the range found in older infants.
Full-term Infants:
 1-12 Months:            7-49          23
Prepubertal Children:
 2-10 Years:             2-34          10.9
Pubertal Children and Adults:
 8:00 a.m.               2-19           7.1

Methodology:

Radioimmunoassay after HPLC

CPT Code:

82633

See also:
Mineralcorticoid Profile, Serum

See Additional Information:
Specimens Requiring Immediate Delivery