Also known as: Urate
Specimen requirements
Adult sample type: Serum (gold/yellow top SST)
Paediatric sample type: Plasma (orange top paediatric tube)
Collection requirements: No special requirements
Cost
Price on application
Turnaround time
Analytical method
Spectrophotometry - Enzymatic / Colorimetric - Uricase
Analysis undertaken at these site(s)
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Churchill Hospital
- Horton General Hospital
Reference intervals
Children 0-<3 yrs: 105-300 µmol/L
Children 3-<9 yrs: 120-290 µmol/L
Males ≥9 yrs: 200-430 µmol/L
Females ≥9 yrs: 140-360 µmol/L
