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A controlled lumbar puncture procedure improves the safety of lumbar puncture [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
BackgroundIn order to improve the safety of lumbar puncture (LP), we designed a new type of LP needle, that is, an integrated and controlled LP needle, which can actively and accurately control the flow rate and retention of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF ...
Chun Li   +5 more
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Lumbar puncture for the generalist [PDF]

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2004
The safe and successful performance of a lumbar puncture demands a working and yet specific knowledge as well as competency in performance. This review aims to aid understanding of the knowledge framework, the pitfalls and complications of lumbar ...
J.M. Boon   +3 more
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ECLAMPSIA AND LUMBAR PUNCTURE [PDF]

open access: greenJournal of the American Medical Association, 1917
At 1 a. m., April 23, 1917, I was called seven miles from town to see Mrs. W., aged 25, with her first child. Pains had begun at 4 p. m. the preceding afternoon, and at 11:30 she had a convulsion. By the time I reached her she had had four convulsions, and a fifth quickly followed. In the intervals she was delirious, tossing about the bed.
J. W. SNYDER
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Lumbar Puncture in Meningitis [PDF]

open access: greenThe Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1920
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Paul Wegeforth, Joseph R. Latham
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Comparative analysis of lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage versus lumbar puncture effectiveness in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from ruptured intracranial aneurysms causes significant morbidity and mortality. Although prophylactic lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) management is widely used, the relative benefits of continuous lumbar cerebrospinal ...
Jiahui Liu   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Randomised controlled trial of atraumatic versus standard needles for diagnostic lumbar puncture [PDF]

open access: green, 2000
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ease of use of atraumatic needles with standard needles for diagnostic lumbar puncture and the incidence of headache after their use. DESIGN: Double blind, randomised controlled trial.
Sajan Thomas
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Nontraumatic Lumbar Puncture

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 1988
A technique and formula for avoiding the traumatic spinal tap is reported from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
J Gordon Millichap
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Lumbar Puncture

open access: yesAdvanced Emergency Nursing Journal
Lumbar puncture (LP) is a procedural skill that is required for practice in the emergency care setting, most often for diagnostic purposes. Rarely, it can also be used therapeutically, to alleviate the pain of patients presenting to the emergency department with acute headache from idiopathic intracranial hypertension. In either case, LP constitutes an
Jane LA, Wray AA.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Measuring blood glucose before or after lumbar puncture [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2023
Background The ratio of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to peripheral blood glucose at the same period is an important index for diagnosing and monitoring the efficacy of central nervous system infection, especially bacterial meningitis.
Kaili Shi   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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