Measuring blood glucose before or after lumbar puncture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ratio of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to peripheral blood glucose at the same period is an important index for diagnosing and monitoring the efficacy of central nervous system infection, especially bacterial meningitis. Some guidelines refer that blood glucose measurement should be carried out before lumbar puncture. The main reason is to avoid possible effect of stress response induced by lumbar puncture on the level of blood glucose. However, there is no consensus on whether it should be followed in actual clinical work, since up to now no research work having been published on whether lumbar puncture will induce the changes on blood glucose. Our study aimed to investigate the changes of peripheral blood glucose before and after lumbar puncture.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Shi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324597 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature