Alpha Medical Lab

Sodium

Ordered Test Code:

NA

Lab Test Component Requirement
Test Name Sodium
Alpha’s Order Test Code NA
Specimen Collection Tube SST/1mL
Collection Tube Handling Sodium heparin (green-top) tube • Lithium heparin (green-top) tube
Minimum Volume o.5mL
Transport Temperture Refrigerated
Stability Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: 28 days
Collection Instructions 1mL serum

Clinical Significance

Sodium measurements are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of aldosteronism, diabetes insipidus, adrenal hypertension, Addison’s Disease, dehydration, inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, or other diseases involving electrolyte imbalance.

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