Deoxycorticosterone (DOC)

Label Mnemonic:	DOC
Epic code:	LAB2991
Downtime form:	A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery

Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593

Specimen(s):

Serum

Collection Medium:

Red top tube 5 mL (Clot Activator)

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum: 1.0 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 0.3 mL serum (allows for one run only at reference lab).

Rejection Criteria:

Grossly hemolyzed specimens. Ambient temperature samples.

Turn Around Time:

2-5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory

Reference Range:

Gestation Time, Age
Premature (26-28 weeks)     20-105 ng/dL 
Premature (29-33 weeks)     Not Established 
Premature (34-36 weeks)     28-78 ng/dL
Full Term Newborn           Elevated at birth; decreases to 7-49 ng/dL
                              during first week 

Age
1-11 months                 7-49 ng/dL 
Prepubertal children        Less than or equal to 34 ng/dL 
Adults                      Less than or equal to 19 ng/dL

Methodology:

Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

CPT Code:

82633