Insulin-like Growth Factor-II

Sample type

Serum, frozen (Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube)

Uses

IGF-II is an adjunct to IGF-I in the clinical evaluation of GH-related disorders.

Precautions

You don’t need any special preparations for an Insulin-like Growth Factor-Il test

Interfering factors

Plasma specimens produce falsely decreased results.

Pre-analytical errors

Specimen not serum

The corrective action

The sample must be rejected and another sample be obtained.

Post-analytical errors

1-reports sent to the wrong patient

2- write the wrong name in the report or the wrong results.

The corrective action

1-communication with patient, apologising for the error, and providing him with the correct report

2-If the report is not delivered to the patient and this error is discovered, the correct result or the correct name must be written, but if the report is delivered to the patient, you must communicate with him, apologise to him, and tell him that an error has occurred and replace it with the correct report.

Reference Range

Child, prepubertal: 334–642 ng/mL

Child, pubertal: 245–737 ng/mL

Adult: 288–736 ng/mL