Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)

Special Requirement

1 red top tube

Methodology

Timed rate reaction

Special Instructions

None

Collection Days

Monday-Friday

Report Available

Daily

CPT Code

84520

Reference Range

7-22 mg/dl

Interfering Substance

Fluoride is a known inhibitor of urease activity and will decrease the reaction rate of this chemistry. The presence of ammonium ions in anticoagulants may cause falsely elevated results. Lipemic samples > 3+ should be ultra-centrifuged and the analysis performed on the infranate.

 
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