Clinical Validation of a Highly Sensitive GC-MS Platform for Routine Urine Drug Screening and Real-Time Reporting of up to 212 Drugs

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Drugs detected in the patient specimen by GC-MS</td><td align="center">Drugs prescribed to the patient</td><td align="center">Drugs prescribed to the patient's roommate</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Valproic acid</td><td align="center">Fluphenazine</td><td align="center">Valproic acid</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Desipramine</td><td align="center">Benztropine</td><td align="center">Desipramine</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Citalopram</td><td align="center">Atenolol</td><td align="center">Citalopram</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Clozapine</td><td align="center">Lisinopril</td><td align="center">Clozapine</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Caffeine</td><td align="center">Lovastatin</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Metformin</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Oxybutynin</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Cogentin</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

List of drugs detected in the patient specimen, list of drugs prescribed to the patient and the list of drugs prescribed to the patient’s roommate. From this comparison it was clear that the patient was administered the drugs of her roommate which potentially caused the altered mental status for the patient.

Journal of Toxicology

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Table 3: Clinical Validation of a Highly Sensitive GC-MS Platform for Routine Urine Drug Screening and Real-Time Reporting of up to 212 Drugs 