What is CSF routine?

Cerebrospinal fluid routine refers to the extraction of cerebrospinal fluid to do some corresponding routine testing, such as first to see the color of cerebrospinal fluid; secondly to see the amount of protein in cerebrospinal fluid; third, also need to see the corresponding biochemical indicators of cerebrospinal fluid, such as sugar content and chloride content and cell count. After these routine can make a rough judgment of the disease, such as mild increase in cell count, normal protein, chloride, sugar normal, most consider viral encephalitis or meningitis; if the cell count is very high, in thousands of counts, you need to consider the possibility of bacterial meningitis.