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LOINC 2.82

Chromium panel - Urine

Chromium Pnl Ur

Definition

  • Chromium levels are used to evaluate industrial toxicity, suspected toxicity, or in conjuction with serum levels to detect chromium deficiency. Urine chromium levels are correlated with glucose metabolism. Diabetic patients lose threefold more chromium in the urine than nondiabetic patients. The main secretory pathway for chromium is renal. Information from Jacobs and DeMott Laboratory Test Handbook, 5th edition, DS Jacobs, WR DeMott and DK Oxley, 2001.

Component

  • Chromium panel

Specimen / system

  • Urine

Class

  • PANEL.DRUG/TOX

Property

  • -

Scale

  • -

Related names

  • c609; Chrome; Chromium Pnl; Cr; DRUG/TOXICOLOGY; Drugs; Pan; PANEL.DRUG & TOXICOLOGY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; UA; UR; Urn

Index terms

  • c609
  • Chrome
  • Chromium Pnl
  • Cr
  • DRUG/TOXICOLOGY
  • Drugs
  • Pan
  • PANEL.DRUG & TOXICOLOGY
  • Panl
  • Pnl
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • UA
  • UR
  • Urn