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Glucose, Body Fluid

Additional Codes

Epic# -

LAB186

 

Cerner name(s):

  • Glucose, Body Fluid
  • BF Glucose

Performing Lab(s)

Memorial-Belleville only

Specimen Requirement (s)

Specimen Type: body fluid (other than CSF)

Container/Tube:   sterile container

Specimen Volume:    full tube

Specimen Minimum Volume: 1 mL 

 

Collection Instructions: Must indicate specimen type.

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

82945

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 - Glucose < 60 mg/dL is indicative of complicated parapneumonic effusions.

 

Peritoneal - normally equivalent to plasma glucose. Will be less than concurrent plasma value in peritoneal bacterial infections.

 

Pericardial - Fluid to serum glucose ratio < 0.3 is indicative of bacterial infection.

 

References:

 

Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Sixth Edition. Elsevier Press. 2018. Chapter 43, Body Fluids, p. 925

 

Pleural effusions: Evaluation and Management. Cleve Clin J Med 2005;72:854-72.

 

ARUP Test directory, Body Fluid Reference Intervals and/or Interpretative Information. https://aruplab.com/bodyfluids

 

Current Interpretive Data was last revised 8/13/2019.