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Ultrasound-Guided vs. Landmark-Guided Lumbar Puncture for Obese Patients in Emergency Department

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
ObjectiveEmergency patients are in severe and urgent condition. If the patient is obese, the traditional lumbar puncture method is more difficult. This study was to observe the comparison of ultrasound-guided and landmark-guided lumbar puncture for obese
Lei Li, Weichen Tao, Xue Cai
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Suboccipital lateral injection of intrathecal chemotherapy in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma [PDF]

, 2004
Background: Even today patients who suffer from mantle cell lymphoma have a poor prognosis, especially when the CNS is involved. To confirm the diagnosis of meningeosis lymphomatosa, asservation of the liquor cerebrospinalis is necessary.
Bruning, R., Dühmke, Eckhart, Pachmann, S., Schaffer, Moshe   +3 more
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Lumbar puncture as possible cause of sudden paradoxical herniation in patient with previous decompressive craniectomy: report of two cases

BMC Neurology, 2017
Background Lumbar puncture is often used for the diagnosis and treatment of subarchnoid hemorrhage, infection of Cerebro-spinal Fluid (CSF), hydrocephalus in neurosurgery department patients.
Liang Shen, Sheng Qiu, Zhongzhou Su, Xudong Ma, Renfu Yan   +4 more
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Lumbar Puncture in the prone position for Low Birth Weight Neonates

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Lumbar puncture in the lateral decubitus position will make the neonates uncomfortable and is likely to cause position change and unstable vital signs, and the application of sedative drugs will cause adverse effects.
Wanxu Guo, Di Ma, Min Qian, Xiaoqi Zhao, Jinpu Zhang, Junjiao Liu, Di Chi, Fengmin Mao, Yunfeng Zhang   +8 more
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A novel magnetic resonance imaging postprocessing technique for the assessment of intervertebral disc degeneration-Correlation with histological grading in a rabbit disc degeneration model. [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction:Estimation of intervertebral disc degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is challenging. Qualitative schemes used in clinical practice correlate poorly with pain and quantitative techniques have not entered widespread clinical use.
Chamoli, Uphar, Diwan, Ashish D, Kato, Kenji, Masuda, Koichi, Miyazaki, Shingo, Sheldrick, Kyle   +5 more
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Tau protein, A beta 42 and S-100B protein in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies [PDF]

, 2005
The intra vitam diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is still based on clinical grounds. So far no technical investigations have been available to support this diagnosis.
Arai H, Barbara Ciesielczyk, Brit Mollenhauer, Claudia Trenkwalder, Galasko D, Hans A. Kretzschmar, Hansen LA, Hulstaert F, Jens Wiltfang, Kanemaru K, Lukas Cepek, Manuela Neumann, Markus Otto, McKeith I, McKeith IG, McKhann G, Merdes AR, Mirko Bibl, Molina L, Otto M, Parnetti L, Petra Steinacker, Sigrid Poser, Tschampa HJ, Walter J. Schulz-Schaeffer, Watson GS   +25 more
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Lumbar puncture as a cause of tension pneumocephalus, pneumorrachis, and sacral meningocele infection leading to death: An extremely rare case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Although it was first described over 100 years ago, lumbar puncture is still an important diagnostic tool for a variety of infectious and noninfectious neurologic conditions.
Farid Aassouani, MD, Zaid Ennacery, MD, Abdellatif bensalah, MD, Yahya Charifi, MD, Diallo Mamadou, MD, Nizar El Bouardi, PhD, Meryem Haloua, PhD, Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, PhD, Abdoulmalek Ousadden, PhD, Meryem Boubbou, PhD, Mustapha Maaroufi, PhD, Badreeddine Alami, PhD   +11 more
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A programme for risk assessment and minimisation of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy developed for vedolizumab clinical trials [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction Over the past decade, the potential for drug-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) has become an increasingly important consideration in certain drug development programmes, particularly those of immunomodulatory ...
Berger, Joseph R, Clifford, David B, Fox, Irving, Lev, Michael H, Major, Eugene, McAuliffe, Megan, Milch, Catherine, Parikh, Asit, Patti, Mark, Provenzale, James M, Sankoh, Serap, Shick, Jesse, Stephens, Kristin   +12 more
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Intracranial Hemorrhage following Lumbar Puncture in a Patient on Apixaban

Case Reports in Neurology, 2019
Currently, clinical practice recommendations regarding patients in need of emergent lumbar puncture who are taking direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are based upon expert opinion, as evidence-based guidelines are unavailable.
Priyanka Vijapura, Michael J. Maniaci
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A pilot study on the effects of probiotic supplementation on neuropsychological performance and microRNA-29a-c levels in antiretroviral-treated HIV-1-infected patients [PDF]

, 2017
The gut microbiota is involved in the regulation of cognition, mood, anxiety, and pain, and can impact cognitive functions by producing neuroactive substances or releasing bacterial by-products and metabolites.
Anukam, Barletta-Rodolfi, Belleville, Bianchi, Bressi, Carabotti, Cryan, Cunningham-Rundles, d'Ettorre, d'Ettorre, Desbonnet, Desbonnet, Folstein, Gates, Haghighat, Heaton, Hummelen, Jiang, Kessels, Klatt, Klatt, Lezak, Lyte, Mayer, Meyers, Monteleone, Müller, Nichelli, Nightingale, Ortiz, Reitan, Rey, Sannio Fancello, Shen, Spinnler, Steenbergen, Stilling, Storch, Su, Swaminathan, Villar-García, Ziberman-Schapira   +41 more
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