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Performing Lab(s)
Memorial-Belleville only
Specimen Requirement (s)
Specimen Type: body fluid
Container/Tube: sterile container
Specimen Volume: 5 mL
Specimen Minimum Volume: 1 mL
Collection Instructions: Specify specimen type.
Lab instructions: NA
Day(s)/Shift(s) Test Set Up and Turnaround Time
Sunday through Saturday
Hours: 24 hours
Turnaround Time:
STAT: No
Routine: less than 8 hours from receipt
Transport and Stability
Transport temperature: Ambient to lab
CPT/LOINC Codes
84478
Interpretive Data
The specimen type is not cleared for use in this method by the FDA. Analytical characteristics have been validated by the performing laboratory.
No reference range established -see interpretive comments.
Interpretive Data
- Pleural - Triglycerides >110 mg/dL is indicative of chylothorax while triglyceride < 50 mg/dL rules out chylothorax.
- Peritoneal - Triglycerides > 200 mg/dL is indicative of chylous ascites.
References:
- Pleural Fluid characteristics of Chylothorax. Mayo clinic Proceedings. February 2009; 84(2):129-133
- Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Sixth Edition. Elsevier Press. 2018. Chapter 43, Body Fluids, p. 925
- ARUP Test directory, Body Fluid Reference Intervals and/or Interpretative Information. https://aruplab.com/bodyfluids
- Mayo Medical Laboratories. Practical Guide to the Analytical Validation of Body Fluid Chemistry Testing. March 2013. 1-9.
Current Interpretive Data was last revised 8/13/2019.