41264-3LOINC 2.82
Viscosity of Cerebral spinal fluid Qualitative
Visc CSF Ql
Definition
- Viscosity is the measurement of resistance of a liquid to flow. Viscosity is a characteristic property of a fluid and typically is a constant for a given liquid at a given temperature. [PMID: 16830959] CSF viscosity can be used as an adjunctive measure for the diagnosis of meningitis. [PMID: 20689477]
Component
- Viscosity
Specimen / system
- CSF
Class
- SPEC
Property
- Visc
Scale
- Ord
Related names
- Cerebral spinal fluid; Cerebrospinal Fl; Ordinal; Point in time; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; SPEC; Spinal Fl; Spinal Fld; Spinal Flu; Spinal Fluid; Vicos; Viscos; Viscosity
Index terms
- Cerebral spinal fluid
- Cerebrospinal Fl
- Ordinal
- Point in time
- QL
- Qual
- Qualitative
- Random
- Screen
- SPEC
- Spinal Fl
- Spinal Fld
- Spinal Flu
- Spinal Fluid
- Vicos
- Viscos
- Viscosity