A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...

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montefiore.org Background and purpose In the past 50 years, fluoroscopic guidance has been used to improve upon lumbar puncture (LP) technique that was unchanged for over a century. Recently, CT has ...

Objective: To determine the aetiologies and clinical characteristics of infants with fever and a bulging fontanelle. Design: The medical records of all febrile infants with a bulging fontanelle who ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether a period of bed rest reduces the incidence of headache or other complications in patients undergoing diagnostic lumbar puncture. Altogether 85 ...

Meningitis is a life-threatening condition caused by a bacterial or viral infection. Meningitis is an infection of the ...

Research led by Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that metal particles from artificial joint implants can enter the central nervous system and accumulate in cerebrospinal fluid, raising ...

Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region, and surrounding tissues. MRI of the spine can show spinal alignment, lumbar disk herniation, inflammation, and more.

The surgical procedure lasted 50 min. During the operation, the patient's obesity and the thick subcutaneous fat layer in the lumbar region increased the difficulty of puncture positioning, leading to ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — A research team has developed an innovative single-step laser printing technique to accelerate the manufacturing of lithium-sulfur batteries. Integrating the commonly time ...

But you might be surprised how quick and easy it can be to get back up and running, if you ride ready with a puncture repair kit to hand. Especially useful when exploring unfamiliar lands ...

testing obtained through lumbar puncture. Labcorp's test meets performance criteria to confirm the presence of amyloid pathology consistent with Alzheimer's disease, and, in connection with ...