Use of ventricular cerebrospinal fluid lactate measurement to diagnose cerebrospinal fluid infection in patients with intraventricular haemorrhage

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 654-655

  Wong, G K ^a   Poon, W S ^a   Ip, M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Intraventricular haemorrhage; Lactate; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; LACTIC ACID; SULTAMICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 43049089107     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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