Publication on revised national guidelines for analysis of cerebrospinal fluid for bilirubin
Revised national guidelines for analysis of cerebrospinal fluid for bilirubin in suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage
1 Jan 2008 | By Cruickshank, A. et al.
It is crucially important to detect subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in all patients in whom it has occurred to select patients for angiography and preventative surgery. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bilirubin spectrophotometry can be used to determine the need for angiography in those few CT-negative patients in whom clinical suspicion of SAH remains high; it may remain positive up to two weeks after the event. Ann Clin Biochem 2008; 45: 238–244.