Anne Zinganell, Klaus Berek, Gabriel Bsteh, Franziska Di Pauli, Verena Rass, Raimund Helbok, Janette Walde, Florian Deisenhammer, Harald Hegen
Lumbar puncture (LP) is recommended in patients with thunderclap headache and negative computed tomography to rule out spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Blood contamination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) due to traumatic LP poses a diagnostic dilemma. Therefore, routine CSF parameters were investigated to distinguish between SAH and a traumatic LP. CSF red blood cell (RBC), white blood cell (WBC) count, total protein, CSF colour and supernatant were used for group comparisons of patients with SAH and 'symptomatic controls'...
December 15, 2023: Scientific Reports