Laboratory Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (12): 1174-1177.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2022.12.014

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Influence of heat inactivation of blood samples at 56 ℃ for 30 min on psychiatric drug concentration monitoring

SUN Jiaqi, JIN Weifeng, LI Ping, CHEN Shuzi, LIN Ping(), LI Dan, CHEN Qing, WANG Mengxia, ZHU Yuxin   

  1. Shanghai Mental Health Center,Shanghai 200030,China
  • Received:2021-10-14 Revised:2021-11-23 Online:2022-12-30 Published:2023-02-02
  • Contact: LIN Ping,E-mail:linpingsun2000@aliyun.com。

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the influence of heat inactivation of blood samples at 56 ℃ for 30 min on psychiatric drug concentration monitoring. Methods A total of 60 patients taking olanzapine,quetiapine,risperidone,lithium,valproic acid and clozapine were enrolled. The remaining blood samples were inactivated by heating at 56 ℃ for 30 min and then were determined again. The consistency of the results before and after heat inactivation was analyzed. Result The differences in the results of olanzapine,quetiapine,the sum of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone,valproic acid,clozapine and N-desmethylclozapine before and after heat inactivation of the samples were not statistically significant(P>0.05),which showed high consistency. The results of blood lithium after heat inactivation were higher than those before heat inactivation(P<0.05),and the consistency was poor before and after heat inactivation. After the calibration by regression equation,the differences between the calibration values and the assay results before heat inactivation were not statistically significant (Z=-0.195,P=0.845),which showed high consistency. Conclusions Heat inactivation at 56 ℃ for 30 min has no effect on the assay results of olanzapine,quetiapine,the sum of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone,valproic acid,clozapine and N-desmethylclozapine,but it affects the assay results of blood lithium. Blood lithium results still have the reference value after they are corrected by the regression equation.

Key words: Drug concentration monitoring, Heat inactivation, Corona virus disease 2019, Psychotropic drug

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