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Test ID: NITF
Nitrogen, Total, 48, 72, or 96 Hours, Feces

Secondary ID A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011

8909

Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful

Assessing nutritional status (protein malnutrition), evaluating protein catabolism, and determining nitrogen balance, when used in conjunction with 24-hour fecal nitrogen measurement.

Special Instructions and Forms Describes specimen collection and preparation information, test algorithms, and other information pertinent to test. Also includes pertinent information and consent forms to be used when requesting a particular test

Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test

Dumas Combustion

Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name

Nitrogen, Total 48/72/96 Hr, F

Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching

Nitrogen Balance
Nitrogen, Total, 48- or 72-Hours, Feces
Nitrogen, Total, 48/72/96-Hr, Feces