Evaluation of pre lumbar puncture position on post lumbar puncture headache
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2011 Background: The most common complication of lumbar puncture (LP) occurring in over thirty percent of patients is headache. The position after lumbar puncture, needle type and size, and volume of the extracted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been evaluated
Siamak Afshin Majd +5 more
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Incidence and risk factors of postdural puncture headache: prospective cohort study design
Perioperative Medicine, 2020 Background Postdural puncture headache is one of the complications following spinal anesthesia and accidental dural puncture. Several modifiable risk factors contribute to the development of headache after lumbar puncture, which includes needle size ...
Bedilu Girma Weji +3 more
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Lymphangiography to treat postoperative lymphatic leakage: a technical review. [PDF]
, 2014 In addition to imaging the lymphatics and detecting various types of lymphatic leakage, lymphangiography is a therapeutic option for patients with chylothorax, chylous ascites, and lymphatic fistula.
Kim, Soo Hwan +5 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 ObjectivesWe aimed to determine a method to identify normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose levels by examining the correlation between blood and CSF glucose levels in patients with normal and abnormal glucose metabolism.MethodsOne hundred ninety-five ...
Qing Che Tan +9 more
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Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]
, 2018 Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
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Lumbar puncture in patients using anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2016 The use of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents has largely increased. Diagnostic lumbar puncture in patients taking these drugs represents a challenge considering the opposing risks of bleeding and thrombotic complications.
Renan Domingues +4 more
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Dural tear from diagnostic lumbar puncture followed by long-term morbidity: a case report
Neurological Research and Practice, 2020 Background Lumbar punctures are performed in different medical settings and are a key procedure in the diagnosis of several neurological conditions. Complications are rare and generally self-limiting.
Aleksander Fjeld Haugstvedt +2 more
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Efficiency of spinal anesthesia versus general anesthesia for lumbar spinal surgery: a retrospective analysis of 544 patients. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown varying results in selected outcomes when directly comparing spinal anesthesia to general in lumbar surgery. Some studies have shown reduced surgical time, postoperative pain, time in the postanesthesia care unit ...
Attiah, Mark A. +9 more
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A prospective study of mortality from cryptococcal meningitis following treatment induction with 1200 mg oral fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi. [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: We have previously reported high ten-week mortality from cryptococcal meningitis in Malawian adults following treatment-induction with 800 mg oral fluconazole (57% [33/58]).
Allain, TJ +10 more
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Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy after Lumbar Puncture – a Case Report
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2023 Isolated abducens nerve palsy following lumbar puncture is a rare complication. In scientific literature, it has been mostly described after performing spinal anesthesia in anesthesiology literature rather than in neurological literature.
Nevena Grbić +2 more
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