Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Somatostatin
Test/Range/Collection
Somatostatin , plasma
<25 pg/mL
[<25 ng/L]
(laboratory-specific)
Lavender
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Specimen should be collected in pre-chilled lavender tube and refrigerated.
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Somatostatin." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619038/all/Somatostatin.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Somatostatin. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619038/all/Somatostatin. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Somatostatin. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619038/all/Somatostatin
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Somatostatin [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/GDT/619038/all/Somatostatin.
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