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Specimen Type
Mint / Heparin Plasma
Gold / Serum acceptable
Specimen Processing
Spin down mint or gold tube within 1 hour of collection
Specimen Volume
1 ml
0.5 ml minimum
Specimen Stability
Refrigerated-48 hours
Frozen-1 week
Performing Laboratory
Great Plains Health
GFR CALCULATION
ADULTS:
GFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) = 186 x (PCR)-1.154 x (Age)-0.203 x (0.742 if female) x (1.210 if African American)
PEDIATRIC:
GFR = k x height / serum creatinine
- where k :
if age <2 : k = 0.45
if 2 < age < 13 : k = 0.55
if 13 ≤ age ≤ 20 : k = 0.7 for male ; k = 0.55 for female