NA · Sodium
Sodium
The blood's salt, which balances the body's water.
- Sample
- Blood draw
- Tube
- Lithium heparin tube (green cap) · héparine de lithium · 0.5 mL
- Usual turnaround
- 2 h
- Price
- 300 DA Indicative prices, in dinars; the final amount is on your invoice.
- Nomenclature code
- B-008
How to prepare
No particular preparation.
What can influence it
A poorly kept tube, hydration, some medicines (diuretics).
Questions to ask your doctor
What does this result mean for me? Should it be repeated, and when? Should anything change in my treatment?
Your doctor will interpret the result with your history.