Yellow cerebrospinal fluid flow during spinal anesthesia: a case report

• 영문명: Yellow cerebrospinal fluid flow during spinal anesthesia: a case report
• 발행기관: 조선대학교 의학연구원
• 저자명: Kim In Jung Oh Kyung Seo Koo Young Hyun Woo Young-Cheol Baek Chong Wha
• 간행물 정보: 『Medical Biological Science and Engineering』제6권 제2호, 95~98쪽, 전체 4쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2023.07.31

영문 초록

When a spinal needle enters the subarachnoid space after dural puncture, a clear cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) emerges. If the color of the CSF is not clear, it is necessary to rule out the cause of such a change including subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Here, we report a case of a seventy-nine-year-old female, to whom we initially attempted spinal anesthesia but converted to general anesthesia due to yellow CSF. Unlike normal colorless CSF, yellowish CSF is called xanthochromia. Xanthochromia may result from various causes such as blood, bilirubin, and protein in CSF. We suggest against to proceeding with spinal anesthesia in patients with xanthochromia because it is difficult to differentiate the exact cause without appropriate CSF analysis at the moment.

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Anesthesia Spinal Cerebrospinal fluid Spinal puncture