Letters How to Perform a Lumbar Puncture Jeffrey L. Kaufman, MD JAMA Letters How to Perform a Lumbar Puncture—Reply Sharon E. Straus, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, MD, FRCPC JAMA Full Text To the Editor: We are concerned about the recommendation that Dr Straus and colleagues1 mad...
For many neurologists, lumbar puncture is the only practical procedure that they undertake on a regular basis. Although anaesthetists and emergency physicians routinely employ ultrasound to assist lumbar puncture, neurologists do not. In this article, we outline the technique that we use for an ...
Lumbar puncture, also known asspinal tap, is an invasive procedure where a hollow needle is inserted into the space surrounding the subarachnoid space in the lower back to obtain samples ofcerebrospinal fluid(CSF) for qualitative analysis. Most of the disorders of the centralnervous systemare diagn...
How to Cite (1925), Lumbar puncture: Its anatomical and physiological relations, technique, etc. With an appendix on encephalography and puncture of the cistern. By Martin Pappenheim, M.D., Professor at the University of Vienna. Translated by George Caffrey. Demy 8vo. Pp. 248, illustrated....
In retrospect, I realized that many of the aspects of the puncture—the position (curled over the side of the bed), the needles (18g, very large), the type (cutting needles), and that it wasn’t done under guidance—allcontributed to my leak being complexbut to the fact that I obtai...
It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to lumbar puncture. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed ...
In a lumbar puncture (LP) procedure, or spinal tap, a hollow needle is inserted near the spinal cord to collect a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which can then help diagnose infections (meningitis), hemorrhage, multiple sclerosis, and tumors.
Depending on the patient’s position and body habitus the normal opening pressure during lumbar puncture ranges between 5 and 18 cmH2O. There should be no red blood cells in normal CSF and less than five white cells. Normal glucose concentration is 2.2–3.9 mmol/L, lactate 1–2 mmol/L, ...
Objective To explore the feasibility of the posteromedial approach(PMA) for lumber disk puncture under MR guidance and its advantages over the posterolateral approach(PLA).Methods Seventy-three patients with 116 lumbar disk herniation(LDH) were punctured via PMA or PLA under the real-time guidance ...
lumbar puncturenursing careLumbar puncture has an important role in the diagnosis of acute central nervous system infections. The clinical contraindications to lumbar puncture must be considered before the procedure is carried out, and nurses need to have an understanding of how best to inform, ...