Specimen Requirements

Title

MAGNESIUM, URINE-RANDOM

Specimen Requirement

Collect 10mL random urine/0.5mL minimum in a sterile screw-capped container.

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)

Stability

Room Temperature 4 days, Refrigerated 7 days, Frozen 90 days

Reference Range

By Report*

Turnaround

3-5 days Setup Tues-Fri

Clinical Use

Magnesium urinary excretion is enhanced by increasing blood alcohol levels, diuretics, Bartter syndrome, corticosteroids, cis-platinum therapy and aldosterone. Renal magnesium wasting occurs in renal transplant recipients who are on cyclosporine and prednisone. Renal conservation of magnesium is diminished by hypercalciuria, salt-losing conditions, and the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone.

Test Code

UMAG