Preanalytical Considerations and Outpatient Versus Inpatient Tests of Plasma Metanephrines to Diagnose Pheochromocytoma.
Georg PommerChristina PamporakiMirko PeitzschHanna RemdeTimo DeutschbeinSvenja NöltingLisa Marie MüllerLeah T BraunSven GruberAlessio PecoriStephanie HampsonEleanor DaviesAnthony StellGian Paolo RossiLivia LenziniFilippo CeccatoHenri J L M TimmersJaap DeinumLaurence AmarAnne BlanchardStephanie BaronMartin FassnachtPiotr DobrowolskiAndrzej JanuszewiczMaria-Christina ZennaroAleksander PrejbiszGraeme EisenhoferPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2022)
Although inpatient blood sampling is largely impractical for screening patients with suspected PPGL, other preanalytical precautions (eg, cannulae, warm testing conditions) may be useful. Inpatient sampling may be reserved for follow-up of patients with difficult to distinguish true- from false-positive results.
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