There were no further seizures episodes during intensive care unit stay. Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis with subcutaneous enoxaparin 40 mg/d was reinstituted 24 hours after lumbar puncture.Andériz,F.O.Malpica,A.B.Sorribas,E.M.Clotet,N.C....
( 2000 ) Paraparesis after lumbar puncture in a male with leukemia . Pediatric Neurology , 23 , 67 – 68 .Wirtz PW;BloemBR;Vander Meer FJ;.Paraparesis after lumbar puncture in a male with leukemia.Pediatr Neurol.2000.67-Paraparesis afterlumbar puncture in a male with leukemia. Wirtz PW,...
Post-dural puncture headaches usually occur when the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks due to trauma to the dura mater. This often results in spontaneous intracranial hypotension characterized by orthostatic headaches, neck stiffness, and nausea. In this case report, we discuss a 20-year...
Duration of postural headache after lumbar puncture: effect of needle size. Headache 26:224–226.Kovanen J, Sulkava R (1986) Duration of postural headache after lumbar puncture: effect of needle size. Headache 26:224–226Kovanen J, Sulkava R. Duration of postural headache after lumbar puncture:...
LUMBAR punctureINFORMED consent (Medical law)Risk communication has been found to be a driver of nocebo effects in medical settings by enhancing negative expectations. In fact, merely disclosing the risk of side effects and complications of treatments or medical procedures incre...
The patient was hospitalized in the intensive care unit upon lumbar puncture finding of 1000 Hc/ml 100% mn with the diagnosis of viral encephalitis. Ceftriaxone and acyclovir were started, additional to carbamazepine 800 mg/day for seizures. He had been kept hospitalized for a month...
After discussion with infectiologists and intensive care physicians, it was decided not to treat this patient preventively, but to ensure close clinical and laboratory monitoring. Succes- sive lumbar punctures revealed gradual reduction of the CSF cell count and CSF protein. CSF cultures remained ...
[3,6]. This life-threatening complication has been reported after various types of CSF depletion and drainage, including CSF leakage, lumbar puncture, lumbar drain, CSF shunt, and ventriculostomy in patients undergoing a decompressive craniectomy[4,9-11]. The pathological mechanism of this rarely ...
Eight days after lumbar puncture and therefore two days after completion of the steroid treatment, the headache reappeared with character- istics completely different from those of the previous headache. It was gravative, diffuse and persisting for the entire day, was not modified by the posture ...
Meningitis testing includes an MRI and a lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap. Last week, the CDC issued a warning to U.S. residents to cancel surgeries in Matamoros, saying five people from Texas who had procedures there developed suspected cases of f...