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what the risks are female urinary tract, male urinary tract, catecholamine urine test, dopamine-urine test, epinephrine-urine test, adrenalin-urine test, vanillylmandelic acid, vma, urine metanephrine, normetanephrine, norepinephrine-urine test, urine catecholamines, vma, hva, metanephrine, homovanillic acid, hva, test that measures the level of catecholamines, catecholamine metabolites, break-down products, urine, must urinate into a special bag, container every time use the bathroom, 24-hour period, on day 1, urinate, toilet, wake up, close the container tightly, in the refrigerator, a cool place, collection period, urinate, special container every time use the bathroom, the next 24 hours, on day 2, urinate, container, in the morning again, wake up, label the container, time of completion, an infant, thoroughly wash the area around the urethra, hole where urine flows out, open a urine collection bag, a plastic bag, an adhesive paper on one end, males, place the entire penis in the bag, attach the adhesive to the skin, females, place the bag over the two folds of skin on either side, the vagina, labia, put a diaper on the baby, over the bag, infant, checked frequently, bag changed, infant has urinated, empty the urine, bag, container provided by doctor, lively infants, cause the bag to move, take a couple of attempts, extra collection bags necessary, finished, label, return the container,  , catecholamines, also be measured, a blood sample, a health care provider, tell whether, not to discontinue any drugs, interfere, certain foods, increase urinary catecholamines, coffee, tea, bananas, chocolate, cocoa, citrus fruits, vanilla, avoid these, several days, acute stress, vigorous exercise, affect the test results, following drugs, increase catecholamine measurements, caffeine, acetominophen, tylenol, levodopa, lithium, aminophylline, chloral hydrate, clonidine, disulfiram, erythromycin, insulin, methenamine, methyldopa, nicotinic acid, large doses, quinidine, tetracyclines, nitroglycerin, drugs, decrease catecholamine measurements, clonidine, disulfiram, guanethidine, imipramine, mao inhibitors, phenothiazines, salicylates, reserpine, test involves only normal urination, no discomfort, test is primarily used to diagnose pheochromocytoma  and neuroblastoma, to monitor the effectiveness of treatments, urine catecholamine levels, elevated in the majority of neuroblastoma cases, catecholamines, chemically similar molecules derived, amino acid tyrosine, major catecholamines, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, old name, adrenalin, the catecholamines are broken down by target tissues, brain, by the liver and, become inactive substances that appear, in the urine, dopamine becomes homovanillic acid, hva, norepinephrine becomes normetanephrine, vanillylmandelic acid, vma, epinephrine becomes metanephrine, vma, vma, 2 to 7 mg/24-hours, epinephrine, 0.5 to 20 mcg/24-hours, norepinephrine, 15 to 80 mcg/24-hours, dopamine, 65 to 400 mcg/24-hours, metanephrine, 24 to 96 mcg/24-hours, laboratories give the range, 140 to 785 mcg/24-hours, normetanephrine, 75 to 375 mcg/24-hours, total urine catecholamines, 14 to 110 mcg/24-hours, mg/hour = milligrams per hour, mcg/hour = micrograms per hour, elevated levels of urinary catecholamines, acute anxiety, ganglioblastoma, ganglioneuroma, neuroblastoma, rare, pheochromocytoma, rare, severe stress, additional conditions under which the test performed, multiple endocrine neoplasia, men, ii, no risks, accuracy, several foods, drugs, physical activity, stress, "how to prepare, the test", neuroblastoma hope foundation, diagnostic criteria, acor.org/nbl/diagnost, htm, accessed, wilson sp, kamin dl, feldman jm, acetaminophen administration interferes, urinary metanephrine, catecholamine, determinations, clin chem, 1985, 31(6), 1093-4.