Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Calcitonin
Test/Range/Collection
Calcitonin, plasma or serum
Males: <8 pg/mL [ng/L]
Females: <6 pg/mL [ng/L]
Green, SST
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Separate serum/plasma from cells ASAP or within 2 hrs and refrigerate or freeze
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Calcitonin." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619089/all/Calcitonin.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Calcitonin. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619089/all/Calcitonin. Accessed December 19, 2024.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Calcitonin. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619089/all/Calcitonin
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Calcitonin [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2024 December 19]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619089/all/Calcitonin.
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