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Electrolyte panel, urine, 24 hour
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Test Name:
Electrolyte panel, urine, 24 hour
Ordering Information:
Test panel includes:
•  Sodium, urine, 24 hour
•  Potassium, urine, 24 hour
•  Chloride, urine, 24 hour
•  Anion gap, urine

Patient Instructions:
24 hour urine collections
Collection Device/Tube Type:
24 hr urine container - plain
Submission Requirements:
5 mL urine

Handling/Storage Comments:
•  Record collection times and total volume

All sites referring to Edmonton Base Lab:
•  Refrigerate upon receipt at the collection site
•  Transport at refrigerated temperatures
•  EDM Base Lab: Store refrigerated until analysis

Sites referring to Calgary DSC:
•  Calgary and area PSCs: Transport in ambient temperatures
•  South Zone PSCs and APL rural sites: Transport at refrigerated temperatures
•  CGY DSC: Store refrigerated until analysis

Frequency of Testing:
Daily
Reference Range:

Test

Reference Range

Sodium, urine, 24 hour

45 – 250 mmol/d

Potassium, urine, 24 hour

25.0 – 125.0 mmol/d

Chloride, urine, 24 hour

110 – 250 mmol/d

Anion gap, urine

No reference interval available



Last Reviewed:
04 May 2023

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