Creatine Kinase Test Tube Color
Creatine kinase ck chemistry sst tiger top.
Creatine kinase test tube color. Elevated results may be due to. Ck mm ck 3 ck mb ck 2 and ck bb ck 1 built from subunits designated m and b. Serum gel tubes should be centrifuged within 2 hours of collection. Creatine kinase activity is useful in evaluating diseases of the heart skeletal muscle and brain.
Elevated in some patients with myxedema hypothyroidism malignant hyperthermia syndrome and muscular dystrophy. What is a creatine kinase ck test. Tests and tube color phlebotomy. Ck is a type of protein known as an enzyme.
Blood test color tube. Daily 24 hours turnaround time. If a container is stated as â yellowâ red tubes can be used if the request includes assays that can only be performed on tests requiring blood collected into a red tube. Creatine kinase ck total test for myocardial infarction and skeletal muscle damage.
Creatine kinase ck is an enzyme found primarily in muscle and brain tissue which exists as three dimeric isoenzymes. 612 813 6280 stp lab. Laboratory specimen tube type collection chart draw in the order shown on the chart from left to right order label at the bedside timely delivery to the lab mix all tubes gently 5 10 times by inverting immediately after collection. The ck mb isoenzyme which has a molecular mass of approximately 87 kilodaltons accounts for 5 to 50 of total ck activity in myocardium.
Color blocks below correspond to patient bedside visual reference used at sph following mistake proofing. Red top tubes should be centrifuged and aliquoted within 2 hours of collection. Creatine kinase concentration reported in u l. For guidance on specimen collection or availability of other tests please bleep the duty biochemist on 1417.
Test for acute myocardial infarct and for skeletal muscular damage. Myocarditis mycardial infarction heart attack muscular dystrophy muscle trauma or excessive exercise. It is mostly found in your skeletal muscles and heart with lesser amounts in the brain. Blood test tube colors and meanings.
Skeletal muscles are the muscles attached to your skeleton.