CSF ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME ANALYSIS - A SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF TRAUMATIC TAP IN NEWBORN-INFANTS

YURDAKOK M., KOCABAS C.

PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY, vol.17, no.4, pp.199, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.199
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

An objective method to evaluate the erythrocytes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in traumatic tap is described. In newborn infants with intracranial bleeding the CSF mean corpuscular volume (MCV) values are lower than the peripheral blood MCV, but in patients with traumatic tap, the CSF and blood MCV values are similar.