ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory
| 0080290: Pyruvate Kinase |
| Test Mnemonic: PK | |
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Methodology: Enzymatic
Performed: Sun-Sat Reported: 1-2 days |
| Specimen Required: | |
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Collect: One 3 mL lavender (EDTA) or pink (K2EDTA). Also acceptable: green (sodium heparin) or yellow (ACD Solution A or B).
Transport: 1 mL whole blood at 2-8°C. Remarks: Do not freeze. Stability: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 20 days; Frozen: Unacceptable |
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| Reference Interval: |
| 9.0-22.0 U/g Hb |
| Note: | |
| Patients who have recently received transfusions have normal donor cells that may mask PK deficient erythrocytes. |
| CPT Code(s): | |
| 84220 |