Xanthrochromia? By what method? A comparison of visual and spectrophotometric xanthrochromia

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-55

  Sidman, Robert ^a   Spitalnic, Stuart ^a   Demelis, Michael ^a   Durfey, Nicole ^a   Jay, Gregory ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; DISTILLATION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUBE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 21444460879     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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