Cerebrospinal fluid nitrite/nitrate correlated with oxyhemoglobin and outcome in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Rejdak, Konrad ^a,b   Petzold, Axel ^a,c   Sharpe, Martyn A ^a   Kay, Andrew D ^d   Kerr, Mary ^e   Keir, Geoff ^a   Thompson, Edward J ^a   Giovannoni, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF; Nitrate; Nitrite; Oxyhemoglobin; Serum; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATION; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VANADIUM;

EID: 1642487865     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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