Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Section of Clinical Chemistry, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Clin Lab Anal. 2023 Jul;37(13-14):e24950. doi: 10.1002/jcla.24950. Epub 2023 Aug 1.
Vitamin D toxicity is rare in pediatric population. Falsely elevated levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D have been reported as a major challenge with immunoassay methods for quantifying vitamin D metabolites.
Here, we present two pediatric cases of falsely elevated 25-hydroxyvitamin D that resulted in unnecessary further testing. We also report significant same-day variation in the measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D using the Abbott i2000SR immunoassay. Samples were spun twice and their values were confirmed with the gold standard liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for confirmation.
The addition of a centrifugation step prior to sample testing resolved the variation observed in the measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. The patient samples were confirmed with instruments from a different vendor and LC-MS/MS. Re-centrifugation of samples resolved the variation in the 25-hydroxyvitamin D values.
维生素 D 中毒在儿科人群中较为罕见。已有报道称,免疫测定方法在定量检测维生素 D 代谢物时,会出现 25-羟维生素 D 水平假性升高,这是一个主要挑战。
在此,我们介绍了两例儿科患者的 25-羟维生素 D 水平假性升高的情况,这导致了不必要的进一步检测。我们还报告了使用 Abbott i2000SR 免疫分析法测量 25-羟维生素 D 时,同一天的显著变化。我们对样本进行了两次离心,并使用液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)法这一金标准方法对其值进行了确认。
在进行样本检测前增加离心步骤,可以解决 25-羟维生素 D 水平测量中观察到的变化。使用不同供应商的仪器和 LC-MS/MS 对患者样本进行了确认。重新离心样本解决了 25-羟维生素 D 值的变化问题。