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Assessment of the Incidence of Complications among Patients Undergoing Lumbar Puncture [PDF]
:Introduction: Lumbar puncture is a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure performed by inserting a needle into the subarachnoid space to collect cerebrospinal fluid.
Abdelazim Abdelazim
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Suboccipital lateral injection of intrathecal chemotherapy in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma [PDF]
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.
Dühmke, Eckhart +3 more
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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 +4 more
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Lumbar Puncture in the prone position for Low Birth Weight Neonates
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 +8 more
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Risk of intervertebral disc joint puncture during lumbar puncture [PDF]
Objective: Penetration of intervertebral disc joint during lumbar puncture might be unnoticed during procedure. However, accelerated degeneration of the disc joint is a long-term consequence of inadvertent penetration.
Gürses, İlke Ali +6 more
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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 +11 more
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The age-related risk of co-existing meningitis in children with urinary tract infection [PDF]
Objective: The primary aim of this study was to determine age-stratified rates of co-existing bacterial meningitis in children with urinary tract infection (UTI).
Clifford Vanessa +27 more
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Intracranial Hemorrhage following Lumbar Puncture in a Patient on Apixaban
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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