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| Adjusted Cerebrospinal Fluid White Blood Cell Count in the Presence of Red Blood Cells |
The EBMcalc module Adjusted Cerebrospinal Fluid White Blood Cell Count in the Presence of Red Blood Cells is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.
This calculator yields the following results:
- Adjusted WBCs in CSF
Equation parameters include:
- Measured WBCs in CSF
- WBCs in blood
- RBCs in CSF
- RBCs in blood
References
- Tunkel AR. Approach to the patient with central nervous system infection. In: Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed, Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R (Eds), Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Philadelphia 2010. Vol 1, p.1183.
- Bonadio WA. The cerebrospinal fluid: physiologic aspects and alterations associated with bacterial meningitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1992 Jun;11(6):423-31. PubMed ID: 1608676
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