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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 92-93 |
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Yellow-tinged cerebrospinal fluid: Is it safe to proceed with subarachnoid block?
Evelyn Eliza Minz, Geetanjali Tolia Chilkoti, Nikita Mundael, Anusha De, Janaki Nandnan
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Geetanjali Tolia Chilkoti
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi - 110 095
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jica.jica_35_22
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Isolated subarachanoid hemorrhage (SAH) could be one of the few causes of xanthochromia or yellow coloured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). An incidental finding of yellow coloured CSF poses a dilemma to the anaesthesiologist in proceeding with the subarachnoid block (SAB) The present case report discusses the causes and implication of this incidental finding and highlights upon the evidence in literature in this context.
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