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PLEASE NOTE: Recent changes have been made to this Test


 Recent changes for Catecholamines Urine

Recent changes for Catecholamines Urine
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23rd July 2024
Collection & Request Instructions

Patient should avoid ingestion of bananas 24 hrs prior to commencement of urine collection.

 

Patient should avoid ingestion of bananas 24 hrs prior to commencement of urine collection.

Must be approved by Chemical Pathologist.

19th July 2024
Collection & Request Instructions

Drugs to avoid before or during urine collection—
Aldomet, methenamine, methenamine hippurate, levodopa, caffeine, aminophylline, theophylline, ethanol,guanethidine and reserpine.

One day PRIOR to collecting the 24hr urine the patient should abstain from bananas, coffee, pineapple and walnuts.

Patient should avoid ingestion of bananas 24 hrs prior to commencement of urine collection.

 

Catecholamines Urine

Alternative Names:Urine Catecholamines
Laboratory:Clinical Biochemistry
Test Code:UCATT
Specimen Types:Urine 24 hour
Container Types:
Urine Bottle ACID
Collection & Request Instructions:

Patient should avoid ingestion of bananas 24 hrs prior to commencement of urine collection.

Must be approved by Chemical Pathologist.

Transport Instructions between Sites and/or Laboratories:Room Temperature
External Laboratory:Women's and Children's Pathology Services, RCH
Additional Notes:

Measurement of urine catecholamines are no longer offered for adult patients. The preferred tests for the diagnosis and monitoring of phaeochromocytoma and paragangliomas are plasma and urine metanephrines.

For paediatric patients, requests for urine catecholamines will be referred to the laboratory at RCH where catecholamines including HVA are measured.

Assay Performed:  Complex Biochemistry, RCH. Ph: 9345 4200

Laboratory Hours: 0830 - 1700 Monday to Friday, (excluding Pub Hol)

Assay Frequency: Weekly