Fibrinogen antigen-994

Test info

  
Fibrinogen antigen
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Factor I antigen
Fibrinogen level
  
  • Diagnosis of homozygous and heterozygous fibrinogen deficiency as well as dysfibrinogenemia
  • Diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • One (1) to three (3) fibrinogen levels can be used to assess the effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy

Specimen

  
EDTA plasma
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.5 mL
  

Immediatley following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gently inverting 8 - 10, times to prevent clotting

  
  1. Spin
  2. Transfer plasma to a Screw-cap polypropylene frozen transport vial/tube - 4mL (LabCorp), labelled as EDTA plasma
  3. Freeze within 24 hours of sample collection
  
Sodium citrate (Na cit) plasma (3.2%)
  
  

Immediatley following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gentle inverting 8 - 10 times, to prevent clotting

  
  1. Spin
  2. Transfer plasma to a Screw-cap polypropylene frozen transport vial/tube - 4mL (LabCorp), labelled as Na cit plasma
  3. Freeze within 24 hours of sample collection
  

Frozen (preferred) - 1 year

Refrigerated - 8 days

  
  • Microbially contaminated samples
  • Hemolysis
  • Gross lipemia that cannot be cleared by ultracentrifugation
  • Serum

Performance

  
LabCorp Burlington (117052): R-NX
  
Mo - Fr
  
6 days
  

Immunonephelometry

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

   Age 

Male (mg/dL)  

Female (mg/dL)

0 -  1 year     

116 - 349

116 - 349

2 -  5 years 

176 - 354

189 - 395

6 - 17 years  

191 - 416  

191 - 416

18 - 50 years   

206 - 478 

206 - 478

>50 years 

233 - 496 

 233 - 496

  

<80 mg/dL or >999 mg/dL

Billing

  
85385
  
Result 42772-4

Tracking

  
05/20/2019
  
07/25/2022
  
03/31/2022