CORTISOL, FREE, URINE

<p>24-hour urine collection required. Refrigerate during collection. Mix well and send 2.0 mL minimum aliquot refrigerated in a screw-capped plastic urine container.</p> <p>Record total volume on request form and sample label.</p>

 

Refrigerated 7 days; Frozen 14 days

By Report*

1-4 days Performed Tues, Fri

<p>Assess adrenal function; particularly useful in the diagnosis of Cushing syndrome. Recent data suggest that urinary free cortisol concentrations can be significantly altered in patients taking inhaled corticosteroids</p>

UFCPW