Normal Value For Csf Glucose Level

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Spinal tap; Ventricular puncture; Lumbar puncture; Cisternal puncture; Cerebral spinal fluid culture


Normal Values

Normal values typically range as follows:

  • Pressure: 70 - 180 mm H20
  • Appearance: clear, colorless
  • CSF total protein: 15 - 60 mg/100 mL
  • Gamma globulin: 3 - 12% of the total protein
  • CSF glucose: 50 - 80 mg/100 mL (or greater than 2/3 of blood sugar level)
  • CSF cell count: 0 - 5 white blood cells (all mononuclear), and no red blood cells
  • Chloride: 110 - 125 mEq/L

Note: mg/mL =...

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