Connect Sign InLaboratory Testing to Support Pain Management: Methods and Case Studies
The focus of this presentation is on understanding the laboratory's role drug testing in the context of therapeutic drug monitoring, pain management, and drug abuse. Testing methods and principles including immunoassays and various mass spectrometry techniques are highlighted and comparisons are made between urine and serum regarding detection times and drug metabolite targets. In the context of several case studies, drug metabolism is reviewed and the broader concept of screening vs. confirmation testing is discussed.
Dr. Strathmann is an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received his MS and PhD in pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Rochester in New York, completed a clinical chemistry fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, and is ABCC board certified in clinical chemistry and toxicological chemistry.
