Test Code PENTOBARB Pentobarbital

Additional Codes

St. Luke's Compendium Code (Iatric): L930.1200

Gas Chromatography/Nitrogen Phosphorus Detection (GC-NPD).

Draw specimen in a red-top (serum, no gel) tube. Spin down and send 2 mL refrigerated.

Unspun specimens must be transported at ambient temperature and should arrive to the laboratory within one hour of draw.

82205

Reference Range: 1.0-5.0 ug/mL

Critical Value: 50.0ug/mL

Pentobarbital concentrations as high as 50 ug/mL may be required to induce therapeutic coma.