Urine Test Strips to Exclude Cerebral Spinal Fluid Blood

Abstract

Determining the presence or absence of red blood cells (RBC) or their breakdown products in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is essential for the evaluation of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in headache patients. Current methodology for finding blood in the CSF is either spectrophotometric detection of pigment, which is time consuming and labor intensive, or visual assesment of samples for color change (xanthochromia), which is inaccurate. Bayer Multistix- urine test strips are designed to test urine for RBC by detecting the presence of hemoglobin. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the performance of urine reagent test strips for ruling out the presence of RBC in CSF.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA539636

Entities

People

  • Chris Hejamanowski
  • Robin A. Marshall

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blood
  • Blood Cells
  • Cell Count
  • Cells
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders
  • Detection
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Hemoglobin
  • Hemorrhage
  • Pigments
  • Pilot Studies
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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