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Ultrasound-guided nusinersen administration for spinal muscular atrophy patients with severe scoliosis: an observational study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Background This observational study describes our experience delivering nusinersen through lumbar puncture with real-time ultrasound guidance in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients with severe scoliosis.
Jiao Zhang, Xulei Cui, Si Chen, Yi Dai, Yuguang Huang, Shuyang Zhang   +5 more
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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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Nontraumatic Lumbar Puncture

Pediatric 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
doaj   +1 more source

ING116070: a study of the pharmacokinetics and antiviral activity of dolutegravir in cerebrospinal fluid in HIV-1-infected, antiretroviral therapy-naive subjects. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundDolutegravir (DTG), a once-daily, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase inhibitor, was evaluated for distribution and antiviral activity in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).MethodsING116070 is an ongoing, single-arm, open-label ...
Chen, Shuguang, extended ING116070 study team, Letendre, Scott L, Mills, Anthony M, Min, Sherene S, Piscitelli, Stephen C, Song, Ivy H, Tashima, Karen T, Thomas, Deborah A   +8 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy Enables Targeted Therapy Without Tissue Diagnosis in Pediatric Low‐Grade Gliomas With BRAF V600E Mutation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present two pediatric cases of pediatric low‐grade gliomas (PLGG) with BRAF V600E mutations diagnosed and monitored using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) liquid biopsy analyzed via digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), without tissue biopsy. Both patients were treated with dabrafenib and trametinib and monitored through clinical assessments, magnetic ...
Hannah Sultan, Damien Faury, Alexander G. Weil, Harrison J. Westwick, Nada Jabado, Sébastien Perreault   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nosocomial meningitis diagnostic test characteristics: a systematic review

Infection Prevention in Practice
Summary: Background: The incidence of nosocomial meningitis, and utility of lumbar puncture, is unclear in hospitalized patients without preceding neurosurgery or head trauma.
David Granton, Joseph Brown, Shannon M. Fernando, Dipayan Chaudhuri, Isaac I. Bogoch, Christine Soong, Marina Englesakis, Bram Rochwerg, Eddy Fan   +8 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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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]

, 2018
Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla, Caraffa, Emanuela, Ciardi, Maria Rosa, Lichtner, Miriam, Massetti, Anna Paola, Mastroianni, Claudio Maria, Russo, Gianluca, Vita, Serena, Vullo, Vincenzo   +8 more
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Transforaminal Lumbar Puncture: An Alternative Technique in Patients with Challenging Access

American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2018
SUMMARY: Interlaminar lumbar puncture and cervical puncture may not be ideal in all circumstances. Recently, we have used a transforaminal approach in selected situations.
D. Nascene, Can Ozutemiz, H. Estby, A. McKinney, J. Rykken   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez, Anna Felip‐Badia, Marina Caballero‐Bellon, Nazaret Sanchez‐Sierra, Alicia Castañeda, Moira Garraus, Maite Gorostegui, Margarida Simão‐Rafael, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Marta Perez‐Somarriba, Salvador Mañe, Mariana Cecilia Planells, Sara Perez‐Jaume, Jaume Mora   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source