Respiratory Profile, Region 5, Ohio Valley (IN, KY, OH, TN, WV), Serum

Casandra

Casandra Test Code MC90711Version 1 (DRAFT)

Performing Lab

Lab Mayo Clinic LabLab Test ID RPR5CPT Codes 82785, 86003

Respiratory Profile, Region 5, Ohio Valley (IN, KY, OH, TN, WV), Serum

Clinical Use

Use

This test is useful for assessing sensitization to various inhalant allergens commonly found in the Ohio Valley region including Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. It helps in defining the allergen responsible for eliciting signs and symptoms, identifying allergens responsible for allergic responses or anaphylactic episodes, confirming sensitization prior to beginning immunotherapy, and investigating the specificity of allergic reactions to insect venom allergens, drugs, or chemical allergens.

Special Instructions

Specimen should be centrifuged and serum aliquoted into a plastic vial for submission. Use the Sarstedt Aliquot Tube, 5 mL (T914) for specimen collection. If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send an Allergen Test Request (T236) with the specimen.

Limitations

This test is not useful for patients previously treated with immunotherapy to determine if residual clinical sensitivity exists or in whom the medical management does not depend upon identification of allergen specificity. Elevated concentrations of total IgE are not diagnostic for allergic disease and must be interpreted in the clinical context. A normal concentration of total IgE does not eliminate the possibility of allergic disease.

Test Details

New York Approved

Methodology

Immunoassay (FEIA)

Biomarkers

27 targets

Alternaria Tenuis, IgEAspergillus Fumigatus, IgEBermuda Grass, IgEBox Eld/Maple, S, IgECat Epithelium, IgECladosporium, IgECockroach, IgECottonwood, IgE+19 more