ISTANBUL, Turkey — Intravenous (IV) theophylline promptly relieves the common problem of headache after lumbar puncture, according to the results of a small study. In the study, mean pain scores were ...

Lumbar puncture, a diagnostic procedure often undertaken in acute medical units, is a technical procedure that requires skill, knowledge and experience. Lumbar punctures used to be performed mostly by ...

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) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Roughly 30% of hospital admissions for encephalitis required repeat lumbar punctures. Diagnostic uncertainty is ...

In the present review, we describe the known association of lumbar puncture, intracranial hypotension and subdural formation; and we determine how often subdurals in HCT patients are associated with ...

In many if not most cases, neurologists can diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) on the basis of symptoms, along with an MRI scan of the brain and spinal cord. But when results aren’t conclusive, they ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians rarely made therapeutic modifications based on MRI and lumbar puncture results. EEGs may be ...

In preparation for more tools that detect and measure the biology associated with Alzheimer's and other dementias earlier and with more accuracy, experts have published appropriate use criteria (AUC) ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Diagram of a lumbar puncture procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid. A needle is gently ...

Lumbar puncture, a diagnostic procedure often undertaken in acute medical units, is a technical procedure that requires skill, knowledge and experience. Lumbar punctures used to be performed mostly by ...