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Test Code: VitEr Preferred Name Vitamin E

No
N/A
Weekly
2 weeks
Medicare Item
N/A

Test Tubes

ImageSpecimen TypeSpecimen VolumeTube Type
Blood (adult)8.5 mLSST with gel 8.5 mL (Dark Yellow Top)
Blood (paediatric)5 mL2x SST with gel 600 uL Paed (Red or Yellow top)
Blood (neonatal)2 mL2x SST with gel 600 uL Paed (Red or Yellow top)

COLLECTION NOTES

Note specimen no longer requires protection from light.

GENERAL NOTES



APPLICATION:  Investigation of haemolysis in infants (especially premature); monitoring of children with severe, chronic fat malabsorption (especially chronic cholestasis) in whom a progressive cerebellar and sensory dysfunction may develop.  A role in the investigation of atherosclerosis in individual patients has not been established.

INTERPRETATION:  Low levels indicate deficiency, however, vitamin E is carried in plasma lipoproteins, and hyperlipidaemia may disguise an underlying deficiency, especially in patients with cholestasis.

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