14678-7LOINC 2.82
Cortisol [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma --PM trough specimen
Cortis PM SerPl-sCnc
Definition
- Identifies an evening specimen when cortisol is at its lowest point in a circadian cycle -often considered to be midnight. Some laboratories will call this "12AM (midnight)" specimen, but specimens in the range of 11PM to 1AM are acceptable. The trough time may have to be adjusted for patients on different work shifts because their circadian rhythms can shift with their sleeping time.
Component
- Cortisol^PM trough specimen
Specimen / system
- Ser/Plas
Class
- CHEM
Property
- SCnc
Scale
- Qn
Related names
- 12 AM; 12AM; 17-Hydroxycorticosterone; Chemistry; circadian low; Compound F; Coritsol; Cort; Evening; F; hydrocortisone; late night specimen; Level; Midnight; Pl; Plasma; Plsm; PM diurnal trough; Point in time; Pre; Predose; Pre-dose; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Random; SerP; SerPl; SerPlas; Serum; Serum or plasma; Spec; SR; Substance concentration
Index terms
- 12 AM
- 12AM
- 17-Hydroxycorticosterone
- Chemistry
- circadian low
- Compound F
- Coritsol
- Cort
- Cortisol^PM trough specimen
- Evening
- F
- hydrocortisone
- late night specimen
- Level
- Midnight
- Pl
- Plasma
- Plsm
- PM diurnal trough
- Point in time
- Pre
- Pre-dose
- Predose
- QNT
- Quan
- Quant
- Quantitative
- Random
- SerP
- SerPl
- SerPlas
- Serum
- Serum or plasma
- Spec
- SR
- Substance concentration