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CSF Glucose

Aka: CSF Glucose, Cerebrospinal Fluid Glucose, Hypoglycorrhachia
  1. See Also
    1. Cerebrospinal Fluid
    2. Lumbar Puncture
  2. Interpretation: Increased CSF Glucose
    1. Reflects serum Hyperglycemia
    2. CSF Glucose lags Serum Glucose by 2 to 4 hours
    3. CSF Glucose is two thirds of Serum Glucose
    4. CSF Glucose does not usually rise above 300 mg/dl
  3. Interpretation: Decreased CSF Glucose (Hypoglycorrhachia)
    1. Hypoglycemia
    2. Granulomatous process
      1. Bacterial Tuberculosis
      2. Sarcoidosis
    3. Chemical Meningitis
    4. Bacterial Meningitis (Protein normal in 50% of cases)
    5. Fungal Meningitis
    6. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
    7. Neoplasm
    8. Certain CNS Viral Infections
      1. Herpes Simplex Virus
      2. Mumps
      3. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
  4. References
    1. Kooiker in Roberts (1998) Procedures in ER, p. 1067-75
    2. Ravel (1995) Lab Medicine, Mosby, p. 294-9
    3. Tunkel in Mandell (2000) Infectious Disease, p. 974-8
    4. Seehusen (2003) Am Fam Physician 68:1103-8 [PubMed]

CSF: glucose level - finding (C0428550)

Concepts Finding (T033)
SnomedCT 365815007
English Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: glucose level, finding of cerebrospinal fluid: glucose level, csf glucose levels, CSF: glucose level, Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: glucose level (finding), CSF: glucose level - finding
Spanish líquido cefalorraquídeo: concentración de glucosa - hallazgo, líquido cefalorraquídeo: nivel de glucosa - hallazgo (hallazgo), líquido cefalorraquídeo: nivel de glucosa - hallazgo
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


hypoglycorrhachia (C0598121)

Concepts Laboratory or Test Result (T034)
English hypoglycorrhachia
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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