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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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Public knowledge and attitude toward lumbar puncture among adults in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge of and attitudes toward the lumbar puncture procedure among adults in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia, 2018.
Abdulrahman Yousef Aldayel, Muteb Mousa Alharbi, Mohammed Saud Almasri, Saleh Mansoor Alkhonezan   +3 more
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Occurrence of Extramedullary Relapses in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia After Treatment With Blinatumomab

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report a retrospective single‐center analysis of pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory B‐cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia focusing on relapses outside of the typical locations, bone marrow, central nervous system, or testes.
Johanna Kunz, Martin Ebinger, Michaela Döring, Markus Mezger, Ursula Holzer, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Manon Queudeville   +7 more
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae – a case report [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: We describe a case of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae detected by BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) panel on a cerebral spinal fluid sample collected from a repeated lumbar puncture.
M. Patel, Z. Endo, A. Sou, D. El-Khoury, X. MdLuli, V. Patel   +5 more
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SOP: emergency workup in patients with suspected acute bacterial meningitis

Neurological Research and Practice, 2021
Introduction Despite antibiotic therapy, adjunctive treatment with dexamethasone, and care on modern intensive care units, bacterial meningitis remains a life-threatening disease with a high mortality and morbidity.
Susanne Dyckhoff-Shen, Uwe Koedel, Hans-Walter Pfister, Matthias Klein   +3 more
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lumbar Puncture

Acute Medicine Journal, 2011
Most junior doctors learn common practical procedures, like lumbar puncture, on the job. This usually involves unstructured observation, demonstration and then supervised practice. Thus, most doctors have learned to perform a lumbar puncture without studying the theory of the procedure in any detail.
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CSF Monoamine Metabolites and Cognitive Trajectory in Early Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Imaging and postmortem studies indicate that abnormalities in monoaminergic neurotransmission contribute to cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, it remains uncertain if cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites can serve as biomarkers of cognitive decline in early PD.
Jing‐Yu Shao, Rong Li, Yu‐Xiang Jiao, Kai Ma, Hong‐Qi Yang, Zheng‐Yu Sun, Jie‐Wen Zhang, Shuai Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Non-pharmacological Application to Reduce Neonatal Pain During Lumbar Puncture Procedure in Neonatal Intensive Care: Placing a Pillow on the Abdomen

Journal of Pediatric Research
Aim: Lumbar puncture is one of the most common painful procedures which newborn babies encounter during neonatal intensive care follow-up. It is important to control pain during this procedure.
Sema Tanrıverdi, Hümeyra Köse Yaman, Seniha Kahraman, Emine Kublay   +3 more
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Pneumorrhachis Following Lumbar Puncture: A Case Report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2006
We report a rare case of pneumorrhachis following lumbar puncture. A 4-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital with seizures following a head injury and upper respiratory infection.
Lung-Chang Lin, Yu-Mei Liao, Rei-Cheng Yang   +2 more
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