Aluminum, Urine
- Laboratory
- Labcorp
- Test code
- 071555
- Specimen
- Urine
- Fasting
- Not stated
- Turnaround
- 2 - 4 days
Laboratory assay overview
Monitor patients for prior and ongoing exposure to aluminum. Patients at risk include: • Infants on parenteral fluids, particularly parenteral nutrition • Burn patients through administration of intravenous albumin, particularly with coexisting renal failure • Adult and pediatric patients with chronic renal failure who accumulate aluminum readily from medications and dialysate • Adult parenteral nutrition patients (less so, recently) • Patients with industrial exposure Monitor dialysate and water to prepare dialysate to prevent aluminum toxicity in dialysis patients.
View complete laboratory reference notes
• Environmental exposure: 5−30 μg/L, 0−32 μg/24 hours • Aluminum:creatinine ratio: <50 μg/g creatinine • Occupational exposure: 150 μg/g creatinine (collected at end of shift)1
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