Accounting rules of the CNS: Diagnosis required if > 2 tumor markers
Material: Serum
Method: ECLIA
Once per week
Accredited:
Preanalytics: 2 days at 20-25 °C 3 months at (-20) °C Centrifuge immediately Additional requests or shipment by post is not possible for this parameter. Patients receiving high doses of biotin (> 5 mg / day) should be sampled at least 8 hours after the last application, as high levels of biotin may interfere with the test system.
Indication:
Small cell lung-cancer, neuroblastoma, seminoma
Preanalytics: 3 days at 2-8 °C longer storage: freeze at (-20) ° C
Indication:
indicator for smoking cessation therapy This laboratory test is not analyzed alone but only in combination with a request for a profile (tobacco alkaloids)
Lab tests catalogue
Night saliva Profile Melatonin (10 p.m./12 midnight/2 a. m.) Melatonine profile nucturene
Profile
Material: Night saliva (10 p.m./12 midnight/2 a. m.)
Method: ELISA
Test will be performed upon request
External service: *
Preanalytics: Attention: the samples must be collected in the dark! Rinse the mouth with clear water. The saliva sample must be taken before brushing the teeth or earliest 30 minutes after brushing the teeth. The saliva sample tubes must be filled with saliva at 22.00, 24.00 and 2.00 at night. Each saliva sample tube must be at least half full. The sample tubes must be labelled with name, date and time. Store the sample tubes in the refrigerator until they are shipped or transported. Stable for 2 days at room temperature; 5 days at -20°C
Preanalytics: 5 days at 2-8 °C > 5 days at (-15) - (-25) °C
Indication:
This analysis can only be requested in the context of the collective analysis "Methadone" or the complete profile "Drugs of abuse & narcotics screening".
Lab tests catalogue
Noradrenaline
Synonyms: Catecholamines
Material: acidified 24h urine
Method: HPLC
Once per week
Accredited:
Preanalytics: Stable for 5 days at 2 - 8 °C, 1 month at -20°C to avoid bacterial growth the pH must be <5 1 day prior to and during collecting the 24 hour urine sample, following foodstuffs should be avoided: coffee, tea, alcohol, nicotine. Following drugs can impact the test results: alpha-methyldopa, barbiturates, beta- receptor antagonists, chlorpromazine, clonidine, guanethidine, insulin, reserpine, salicylic acid, tranquilizers, sulfonamide, tetracyclines. With the consent of the physician, the treatment with these drugs should be interrupted 7 days prior to starting the 24- hour urine collection.
Preanalytics: stable 5 days at 2 - 8 °C,1 month at -20°C, to avoid bacterial growth the pH must be <5 1 day prior to collecting the urine sample, following foodstuffs should be avoided: coffee, tea, alcohol, nicotine. Following drugs can impact the test results: alpha-methyldopa, barbiturates, beta- receptor antagonists, chlorpromazine, clonidine, guanethidine, insulin, reserpine, salicylic acid, tranquilizers, sulfonamide, tetracyclines. With the consent of your doctor, you should stop taking the medication 7 days prior to collecting the urine sample.