Cerebrospinal fluid:serum glucose ratio in the ventricular and lumbar compartments: implications for clinical practice.
Harald HegenJ WaldeM AuerF DeisenhammerPublished in: European journal of neurology (2017)
The CSF:SGlu ratio was similar in the ventricular and lumbar compartments, and depended mainly on time to laboratory processing and absolute serum glucose levels. Previously established lower limits for CSF:SGlu ratio in lumbar CSF can be also applied for ventricular CSF.