Changes Clinical Practice: Infants and children who present with new neurologic symptoms up to 7 days following lumbar puncture procedures should receive ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a drug safety advisory with recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of spinal column bleeding after spinal intervention, including epidural ...
Biochemical markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are proving increasingly useful in clinical diagnosis and research, but having people agree to a lumbar puncture can be a challenge, particularly in ...
Martin Keats is a research participant in the PREVENT Dementia study which receives funding from Alzheimer’s Society. Watch a video showing Martin having a lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap, ...
Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) to exclude meningitis is part of an infection screen in many neonatal units. For best outcome, meningitis requires early initiation of treatment. Results of ...
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