Dehydroepiandrosterone(DHEA)

Collection Requirements

Source: blood
Container(s):

Acceptable: Red

Volume: 3 mL in vacutainer

Turn Around Time

3-7 days
Testing performed Monday and Thursday.
Must be received in the Toxicology Lab by 0700 to be included in the batch.

Availability

Routine

Lab Processing Instructions

Specimen: serum
Spin, separate, and freeze

Performing Laboratory

Adele Hall

Adele Hall Lab Section

Toxicology

Instrumentation/Methodology

High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Reference Ranges

Age	Reference Range (ng/dL)
26-31 weeks gestation	82 - 1484
32-35 weeks gestation	56 - 1853
2-7 days	41 - 1292
8 days - 5 months	< 948
6-12 months	< 136
1-5 years	< 68
6-7 years	< 111
8-10 years	< 186
11 12 years	< 202
13-14 years	< 319
15-16 years	39 - 481
17-19 years	40 - 491
20-49 years	31 - 701
> 50 years	21-402

CPT

82626