Research Article

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

Table 2

List of drugs identified by the five platform configurations for three patient specimens. More drugs were detected by the new platform compared to the reference platform and the mixed configurations.

Reference platformReference GC-MS with AMDIS and old spectral libraryReference GC-MS with AMDIS and new spectral libraryNew GC-MS with old spectral library New platform

Patient 1AcetaminophenAcetaminophenAcetaminophenAcetaminophenAcetaminophen
CaffeineCaffeineCaffeineCaffeineCaffeine
VenlafaxineVenlafaxineVenlafaxineVenlafaxineVenlafaxine
CodeineCodeineCodeineCodeineCodeine
TrimethoprimTrimethoprimTrimethoprimTrimethoprimTrimethoprim
GabapentinMorphine Gabapentin
Trazodone Morphine
Theophylline Trazodone

Patient 2 NicotineNicotineNicotineNicotineNicotine
CotinineCotinineCotinineCotinineCotinine
CaffeineCaffeineCaffeineCaffeineCaffeine
DiphenhydramineDiphenhydramineDiphenhydramineDiphenhydramineDiphenhydramine
Cocaine Cocaine

Patient 3OxycodoneOxycodoneOxycodoneOxycodoneOxycodone
MethadoneMethadoneMethadoneMethadoneMethadone
TheophyllineTheophyllineTheophyllineTheopyllineTheophylline
GabapentinGabapentinGabapentinGabapentin
CaffeineCaffeineCaffeineCaffeineCaffeine
ParaxanthineParaxanthineParaxanthine
Morphine Morphine