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In the method described here, an aliquot of a urine sample is analyzed to detect barbiturates through dilution and ultra-high-performance chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) using deuterated internal standards. This assay detects the presence of nine barbiturate drugs—amobarbital, barbital, butalbital, butabarbital, mephobarbital, secobarbital, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, and thiopental. This protocol describes two LC separation methods—first LC method (2.2 min/sample) is intended to be used as a first step of the analysis that does not separate amobarbital and pentobarbital, and a second, longer (2.7 min/sample) LC method is intended to be used only for samples which have a peak in the amobarbital/pentobarbital retention time on the shorter LC method. Since the frequency at which amobarbital and pentobarbital are observed in clinical populations is low, the shorter LC method helps gain efficiency in a high-volume laboratory environment. Additional features of this protocol that help in efficiency gain are automated extraction using Hamilton™ liquid handling system and algorithmic data review using Ascent™ software.
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Campbell, M., Janis, G., Horne, H., Ketha, H. (2024). Analysis of Barbiturates in Urine by LC-MS/MS. In: Garg, U. (eds) Clinical Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Drug Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2737. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3541-4_8
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