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Somatotropin [Units/volume] in Serum or Plasma --pre dose arginine+insulin

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LP14695-8 Somatotropin
Somatotropin (growth hormone) is essential for normal growth and development in children and helps regulate metabolism in both children and adults. The pituitary gland produces and releases GH into the blood in pulses throughout the day.

Because growth hormone is released in pulses, a single measurement of the blood level is not normally clinically useful. Therefore, testing for the suppression or stimulation of growth hormone release from the pituitary is usually done.

GH stimulation (challenge) tests help to diagnose GH deficiency and hypopituitarism. For a stimulation test, a sample of blood is drawn after 10-12 hours of fasting. Then, under close medical supervision, a person is given an intravenous solution of a substance that normally stimulates the release of GH from the pituitary. Blood samples are then drawn at timed intervals and GH levels are tested in each to see if the pituitary gland was stimulated to produce the expected levels of GH. The most commonly used challenge is arginine, but others include clonidine and glucagon. Since exercise normally causes an increase in GH, vigorous exercise may also be used as the stimulant for GH release.

GH suppression tests help to diagnose GH excess. For a suppression test, a sample of blood is drawn after 10-12 hours of fasting. A person is then given a standard glucose solution (usually 100 grams of glucose) to drink. Blood samples are drawn at timed intervals and tested for GH to see if the pituitary gland is sufficiently suppressed by the dose of glucose. Copyright Copyright © 2021 Lab Tests Online. All rights reserved. Source: Lab Tests Online®

Fully-Specified Name

Component: Somatotropin^pre dose arginine+insulin
Property: ACnc
Time: Pt
System: Ser/Plas
Scale: Qn
Method

Additional Names

Long Common Name: Somatotropin [Units/volume] in Serum or Plasma --pre dose arginine+insulin
Short Name: GH pre dose Arg+Ins SerPl-aCnc
Display Name: Somatotropin pre dose arginine+insulin Qn
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info: Somatotropin before dose Arginine+insulin, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class: CHAL
Type: Laboratory
First Released: Version 2.21
Last Updated: Version 2.70 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation: Observation

Language Variants Get Info

Tag	Language	Translation
el-GR	Greek (Greece)	Σωματοτροπίνη^προ δόσης αργινίνης+ινσουλίνης:ACnc:Pt:Ορός/Πλάσμα:Qn: Synonyms: ACnc Αργινίνη Ινσουλίνη Σωματοτροπίνη
es-ES	Spanish (Spain)	Somatotropina^pre dosis de arginina+insulina:Concentración arbitraria:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Qn: Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX	Spanish (Mexico)	Somatotropina ^ predosis de arginina + insulina:Concentración arbitraria:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Cuantitativo:
fr-CA	French (Canada)	Hormone de croissance^pré dose arginine+insuline:Concentration arbitraire:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif: Synonyms: GH
fr-FR	French (France)	Somatotropine avant arginine+insuline:Arbitraire/Volume:Ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Numérique:
fr-BE	French (Belgium)	Hormone de croissance^Pré dose arginine+insuline:Concentration arbitraire:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif: Synonyms: Avant dose GH, hGH
it-IT	Italian (Italy)	Somatotropina^pre dose arginina+insulina:ACnc:Pt:Siero/Plasma:Qn: Synonyms: Concentrazione Arbitraria GH Plasma prima di dose prima di dose di arginina prima di dose di arginina+insulina Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma Test di provocazione
nl-NL	Dutch (Netherlands)	somatotropine^voor dosis arginine + insuline:eenheid/volume:moment:serum of plasma:kwantitatief:
pt-BR	Portuguese (Brazil)	Somatotrofina^pré dose de arginina+insulina:ACnc:Pt:Sor/Plas:Qn: Synonyms: ; GH; Somatotropic hormone; STH; Growth hormone; Human growth hormone; HGH; Before; Insul; Humulin; HUM; IH7; Lente; NPH; Semilente; Ultralente; Sliding; Arg; pre dose Arg+Ins; pre dose Arg+Ins; pre Arg; Arbitrary concentration; Point in time; Random; SerPl; SerPlas; SerP; Serum; SR; Plasma; Pl; Plsm; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; CHEMISTRY.CHALLENGE TESTING; CHEMISTRY.CHALLENGE TESTING
ru-RU	Russian (Russian Federation)	Соматотропин^до дозы аргинин+инсулин:ПроизвКонц:ТчкВрм:Сыв/Плаз:Колич: Synonyms: Количественный Плазма Произвольная концентрация Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR	Turkish (Turkey)	Somatotropin^önc arjinin+insülin dozu:SçKons:Zmlı:Ser/Plaz:Kant:
zh-CN	Chinese (China)	生长激素^在给予剂量精氨酸+胰岛素之前:任意型浓度:时间点:血清/血浆:定量型: Synonyms: "sliding scale" 胰岛素剂量调整法;HUM;Humulin;IH7;Insul;Lente;NPH;Semilente;Sliding;Ultralente;中性鱼精蛋白胰岛素（NPH 胰岛素）;人胰岛素;优泌林;优泌林（Humulin，人工胰岛素，人胰岛素，重组人胰岛素）;半慢胰岛素;半慢胰岛素（Semilente）;慢效胰岛素;慢效胰岛素（Lente）;慢胰岛素;特慢胰岛素;特慢胰岛素（Ultralente）;胰岛素制剂;蛇麻素（Humulin）;超慢胰岛素;长效胰岛素 2-氨基-5-胍基戊酸;Arg;胍基戊氨酸 GH;HGH;STH;人生长激素（Human Growth Hormone，HGH）;促生长素;生长激素（Growth Hormone，GH，Somatotropin，Somatotropic hormone）;生长素;躯体刺激素 XXX刺激 - 在...之前一剂物质一剂药物之前于一剂精氨酸;之前于剂量精氨酸;在一剂精氨酸之前之前于一剂精氨酸+胰岛素;之前于剂量精氨酸+胰岛素;之前于给予一剂精氨酸+胰岛素;之前于给予剂量精氨酸+胰岛素;在一剂精氨酸+胰岛素之前;在剂量精氨酸+胰岛素之前;在给予一剂精氨酸+胰岛素之前之前于剂量物质;之前于剂量药物;在剂量物质之前任意型浓度(单位体积);任意浓度;单位体积的任意单位数;人工型浓度剂量物质可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺时刻;随机;随意;瞬间血清或血浆

Example Units

Unit	Source
m[IU]/L	Example UCUM Units

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