xanthochromia การใช้

• Xanthochromia remains a reliable ways to detect SAH several days after the onset of headache.
• Excess iron, ferritin, and red blood cells may result in xanthochromia of the cerebrospinal fluid.
• Many laboratories rely on only the color of the cerebrospinal fluid to determine the presence or absence of xanthochromia.
• After the cerebrospinal fluid is obtained, a variety of its parameters can be checked, including the presence of xanthochromia.
• Visual inspection is the most frequent method used in the United States to assess cerebrospinal fluid for xanthochromia, while spectrophotometry is used on up to 94 % of specimens in the United Kingdom.
• "' Xanthochromia "', from the Greek " xanthos ( ?????? ) " = yellow and " chroma ( ????? ) " = colour, is the yellowish appearance of cerebrospinal fluid that occurs several hours after bleeding into the subarachnoid space caused by certain medical conditions, most commonly subarachnoid hemorrhage.