The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Flecainide
Order Code: FLE
Order Form: A-1a Therapeutic Drug Analysis or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 


Alternate
Collection Media:


Green top tube (Na Heparin), Light Green top tube (Lithium Heparin), 
Lavender top tube (EDTA)


Minimum:


Adult Preferred Minimum:  1.5 mL serum or plasma
Adult Absolute Minimum:  0.8 mL serum or plasma
Pediatric minimum:  0.7 mL serum or plasma


Analytic Time:


3 working days


Reference Range:


Therapeutic Range:
0.2 - 1.0 mcg/mL

Toxic:  > 1.5 mcg/mL


Methodology:


High Performance Liquid Chromatography


CPT Code:


82486


 


See Additional Information:
Critical Laboratory Values




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Updated: 07/15/2008

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