Specimen Requirements
Title
PREALBUMIN
Specimen Requirement
Collect SST or red top/1.0 mL serum.
Methodology
Immunologic
Stability
Room temp: 14 days, Refrigerated: 14 days, Frozen: 14 days
Reference Range
By Report*
Turnaround
2 days
Clinical Use
Evaluate protein malnutrition, total parenteral nutrition, and liver dysfunction. Values are decreased in inflammatory processes, malignancy, protein malnutrition, and protein wasting diseases of the gut or kidney. Values are increased in Hodgkin’s disease.
Test Code
PALBS