10 days
Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS)
Special Instructions: This panel is a series panel requiring multiple tubes to be drawn at multiple time points. This panel is used to collect an initial tube (baseline) and then treat the patient with a drug (pill or shot) or other treatment (such as glucola) and then collect more tubes after the dose. If you are not giving the patient a pill or shot or other treatment after the first sample draw, do not use this panel. This series should not be collected until the clinician is contacted to determine why a series is ordered.
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Comprehensive assessment of 17-hydroxyprogesterone over four timed samples, typically for dynamic testing of adrenal gland function.
Serum or Plasma
1 mL (each specimen)
Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube OR lavender-top (EDTA) tube
No special preparation is required for this test. You may eat, drink, and take your medications as normal, unless instructed otherwise by your healthcare provider.
This test does not require any special collection or pre-analytical handling. Follow routine specimen collection protocols.
| Temperature | Period |
|---|---|
| Room temperature | 7 days |
| Refrigerated | 7 days |
| Frozen | 14 days |