48584-7
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 48584-7 | |
|---|---|---|
| name | ||
| description | 13C-sodium octanoate taken orally pases through the stomach. In the small intestine it is metabolized quickly to 13CO2 which is excreted in exhaled air. The rate of excretion is used to calculate the gastric emptying rate. | |
| status | ACTIVE | |
Fully-Specified Name | ||
| component | Gastric emptying time^post 100 mg sodium octanoate PO PO = Oral: In the United States, PO (an abbreviation for per ora) is used to identify medications taken by mouth. | |
| property | Time = Time Duration | |
| time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | |
| system | Exhl gas = Exhaled gas (breath) | |
| scale | Qn = Quantitative: The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256 | |
| method | NM | |
Additional Names | ||
| short name | After; Breath; C8:0; Caprylic acid; Capryloate; Empty; ExG; Exhaled gas; Exhaled gas (=breath); Gases; GE; GE time; Imaging; Na; Na+; Octanoic acid; p 100mg Na octanoate PO; Point in time; PST; QNT; Quan; Quant; Quantitative; Rad; RADIOLOGY; Random | |
Basic Attributes | ||
| class | RAD | |
| type | 2 Clinical | |
| order vs. observation | NM ExG GE time | |
| example UCUM units | min;h The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org) | |
History/Usage | ||
| first released | ||
| last updated | 2.61 | |
| last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | |
| change reason | min;h | |
Related Names | ||
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