Test Directory

Gut hormone screen

Containers - Adult

RedCapTubeEDTAKE2.7ml.jpg
Red/Pink Cap
Volume Range

4.0 ml

Additive per Container

None (trasylol no longer required)

Reference ranges

Fasting reference ranges:

Gastrin: 0 - 40 pmol/L

Glucagon: 0 - 50 pmol/L

Pancreatic Polypeptide: 0 - 300 pmol/L

Somatostatin: 0 - 150 pmol/L

Vaso Intestinal Peptide: 0 - 30 pmol/L

Chromogranin A: 0 - 60 pmol/L

Chromogranin B: 0 - 150 pmol/L

Laboratory Site

Charing Cross Hospital, London
The SAS Laboratories
Clinical Biochemistry & Medical Oncology
Charing Cross Hospital
London
W6 8RF
Telephone: 020 3313 5921/0348

Transport arrangements

Sample must be collected on ice and arrive in the laboratory within 15 minutes.

Special instructions for collection

Please collect and send 2x red/pink cap (EDTA) tubes. Fasting sample required. Patients should not be on omeprazole or other PPIs.

Availability

Please arrange with the Duty Endocrine Biochemist prior to sample collection.

Anticipated turnaround

​35 days

General additional information

Gut hormone screen includes gastrin, glucagon, pancreatic peptide (PP), somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and chromogranins A & B.