Lactic Dehydrogenase in Cerebrospinal Fluid May Differentiate Between Structural and Non-structural Central Nervous System Lesions in Patients with Diminished Levels of Consciousness

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-97

  Vázquez, Jorge Alejandro ^a   Adducci, Maria del Carmen ^a   Monzón, Daniel Godoy ^a   Iserson, Kenneth V ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

altered level of consciousness; cerebrospinal fluid; cerebrovascular accident; diagnosis; lactic dehydrogenase; LDH

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINX; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

APACHE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 67349241719     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.032     Document Type: Article

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