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Biochemistry

Oestradiol

Oestradiol

Reference Range

Female:

    • Follicular:               77 -   921   pmol/L
    • Mid-cycle:              140 - 2383  pmol/L
    • Luteal:                    77 - 1145  pmol/L
    • Post menopausal:   <37 - 103   pmol/L

 Male:

    • 40 - 162  pmol/L
  • Turnaround Time: 1 Day

Related Tests Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Luteinising Hormone (LH) Prolactin

Osmolality

Osmolality

Reference Range

275 - 295 mOsmol/kg

  • Turnaround Time: 1 Day (Please contact the laboratory if urgent)

Related Tests Glucose (Plasma) Potassium (serum) Sodium Urea (Serum) Urine Osmolality

C-Peptide

C-Peptide

Reference Range

Diagnosis of diabetes

  

 

Non- diabetic hypoglycaemia

See QEHB Pathology Departments - Insulin

 

 

 

 

  • Turnaround Time: 7 days

Related Tests Creatinine Glucose (Plasma) Insulin

C-Reactive Protein (CRP)

C-Reactive Protein (CRP)

Reference Range

Adult male/female reference range = 0-5 mg/L (Abbott Alinity)

Levels above 100 mg/L are associated with major trauma, acute bacterial infection or active inflammation.

Concentrations of up to 10 mg/L exclude many acute inflammatory diseases, but do not specifically exclude inflammatory processes.

 

  • Turnaround Time: 1 day
Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B6

Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B6

Reference Range

Vitamin B1: 66.5 to 200 nmol/L

Vitamin B6: 44 to 168 nmol/L

  • Turnaround Time: 2 to 3 weeks
Sweat Sodium

Sweat Sodium

Reference Range

Sweat sodium is used as a check of the chloride result. Interpretation is as follows:

Cystic fibrosis unlikely                                  < 50    mmol/L

Supports the diagnosis of CF                         > 90    mmol/L

The Sodium and Chloride concentrations should be within 20 mmol/L of each other.

  • Turnaround Time: 1 day
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University Hospitals Birmingham medical laboratories at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital are UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited to the ISO 15189:2012 standard. For a list of accredited tests and other information please visit the UKAS website using the following link: https://www.ukas.com/find-an-organisation/

  • Molecular Pathology is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8759
  • Biochemistry is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8910
  • Haematology and Transfusion is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8784
  • Clinical Microbiology is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 8760
  • Cellular Pathology is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 10141
  • Musculoskeletal laboratory is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No. 9897
  • Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital pathology laboratories are a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No.8217.

Tests not appearing on the UKAS Schedule of Accreditation currently remain outside of our scope of accreditation. However, these tests have been validated to the same high standard as accredited tests and are performed by the same trained and competent staff.

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