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Chapter-39 Body Fluid Examination

BOOK TITLE: A Short Textbook of Pathology

Author
1. Sajal Md Tahminur Rahman
2. Charu Hosne Ara Tahmin
3. Sajani Tabassum Tahmin
4. Sarnali Tanjila Tahmin
ISBN
9789350904640
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11956_39
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
9
Author Affiliations
1. Modern Diagnostic Center Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2. Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3. Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chapter keywords
CSF, lumbar puncture, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, synovial fluid, xanthochromia, lumbar puncture, semen analysis, sterility

Abstract

Body fluids are very important part of different disease process and examination of body fluids are adjuvant diagnostic aid in these diseases. Body fluids include-CSF, pericardial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid and semen. Normal compositions of theses fluids, indications of their aspirations, collection procedures and steps of body fluid examination like physical, biochemical, microscopic and special tests are described. These are presented in tables, causes of male and female sterility and laboratory tests that are to be done for diagnosis of these are described separately. Differences between traumatic tap and subarachnoid hemorrhage, xanthochromia are also described. Special tests done in body fluids are discussed here, too.

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