Reference range for cerebrospinal fluid values in neonates: 5-year retrospective study.

Swathi GuntiVrinda NairPrakash Kannan Loganathan

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2022)

We have provided a reference range of CSF parameters in neonates without meningitis. CSF WBC count between preterm and term infants were similar with higher CSF protein content in preterm infants and for infants in the first seven days of life. Presence of any CSF RBC influenced CSF parameters.

Keyphrases

cerebrospinal fluid
preterm infants
low birth weight
protein protein
peripheral blood