The method has been used by anesthesiologists for many years with good results, but only rarely by radiologists, neurologists and other specialists who often perform lumbar punctures. The technique of 'blood patching,' its indications, effects, and complications and the epidural blood patch as ...
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Lumbar puncture was performed on patients in the sitting position at the L3-L4 or L4-L5 intervertebral spaces with a 27-G pencil-point needle, and intrathecal anesthesia of 12mg of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine with the designated study drug was administered. Patients were monitored for ...
16 Evaluations for patients with central nervous system (CNS) or testicular extramedullary disease included lumbar puncture or testicular examination with biopsy if examination findings were equivocal. Postinduction risk groups were defined as follows: early treatment failure, defined as greater than 25% ...
The standard anaesthetic technique consisted of oral premedication (1 mg flunitrazepam), preanaesthetic intravenous hydration with at least 0.5 l Ringer's lactate, monitoring of vital signs, and a standard lumbar puncture (lateral position, L2/3 or L3/4 interspace, 25-gauge spinal needle, parallel...
In view of this, the formation of pneumocephalus in this parturient could be explained by an unintentional dural puncture (UDP) that resulted in CSF leakage and the resultant low ICP headache, which was restored by the introduction of air. In this parturient, other headache-causing etiologies...
Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is defined as a “headache occurring within 5 days of a lumbar puncture, caused by cerebrospinal fluid leakage…remit(ing) spontaneously within 2 weeks, or after sealing of the leak with autologous epidural lumbar patch” according to the international classificati...
However, lumbar puncture and spine and brain magnetic resonance imaging scan were normal. An active standing test demonstrated HR increase from 75 to 128 beats/min with concomitant slight increase in systolic BP (10 mm Hg) and pronounced orthostatic intolerance (dizziness, lightheadedness, tremor) ...
Due to side effects of drugs, escalation of the drug dose could not be made. The authors injected 50 Botox units (BOTOX) into brachial plexus and lumbar plexus, respectively, under US guidance. Pain was significantly decreased for approximately 4 to 5 months. These researchers concluded that ...
I had to call my boyfriend home from work, so he could take care of me for the day, because I was just incapable of it. I just could’t. I stayed in a horizontal position, as ordered by my nurses, for the entire day. Seriously, lumbar punctures suck and they are scary as hell...