Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Glucagon
Test/Range/Collection
Glucagon, plasma
20–100 pg/mL
[20–100 ng/L]
(age and laboratory-specific)
Lavender
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Fasting specimen collected in pre-chilled lavender tube is required. After drawing specimen, chill tube in wet ice for 10 minutes before centrifugation.
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Glucagon." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619155/all/Glucagon.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Glucagon. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619155/all/Glucagon. Accessed November 28, 2023.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Glucagon. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619155/all/Glucagon
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Glucagon [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2023 November 28]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619155/all/Glucagon.
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