36200:BARBITURATES, QUANTITATIVE, BLOOD
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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Alias Names: |
Pentobarbital / Pentobarb / Nembutal |
Methodology: |
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) |
Edit Date: |
6/11/2010 |
Components: |
Amobarbital / Aprobarbital / Butabarbital / Butalbital / Pentobarbital / Phenobarbital / Secobarbital |
Performed: |
Monday-Friday, STAT as needed |
Released: |
24 hours |
CPT Code: |
82205 |
Specimen Collection Details |
Collection: |
One 5 mL red top tube. |
Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells and pour into a plastic vial. Label transport tube “serum.” Specify barbiturate if known. |
Standard Volume: |
2 mL serum. |
Minimum Volume: |
2 mL serum. |
Transport: |
Ambient. |
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Pentobarbital |
0.5-3.0 µg/mL |
therapeutic sedation |
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20.0-30.0 µg/mL |
treatment of elevated intracranial pressure |
Butalbital |
1.0-10.0 µg/mL |
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Phenobarbital |
15.0-40.0 µg/mL |
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Secobarbital |
0.5-5.0 µg/mL |
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Butabarbital |
1.0-10.0 µg/mL |
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Aprobarbital |
1.0-20.0 µg/mL |
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Amobarbital |
4.0-15.0 µg/mL |
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