1 A lumbar puncture is necessary for those who are severely ill or in those who show any suggestion of nuchal rigidity.

2 There is disagreement among neurologists as to whether lumbar puncture should proceed without tomography in these circumstances.

3 A lumbar puncture may be required if syphilis or granulomatous infection is suspected.

4 Master: indications and contraindications complexes of lumbar puncture.

5 The purpose of the lumbar puncture was to attain the cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis.

6 When treatment is needed,[Sentencedict.com] a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) is done. Then spinal fluid is removed and chemotherapy is injected into the spinal canal.

7 If treatment is started prior to the lumbar puncture it may be difficult to grow the bacteria from the spinal fluid and confirm the diagnosis.

8 Objective To compare the different clinic effect of lumbar puncture between venepuncture needles and traditional lumbar puncture needles in newborns.

9 And taking spinal fluid requires a lumbar puncture, an often painful procedure many people would rather avoid, O'Bryant said in a telephone interview.

10 Conclusion ventricular drainage and lumbar puncture of treatment are effective operations in the treatment of TIVH.

11 Conclusion Ventricular extradrainage and lumbar puncture can reduce the mortality and disability rate of hypertensive thalamic hemorrhage of ventricular type.

12 A lumbar puncture is a relative contraindication if a spinal epidural abscess is suspected, because infectious agents may be introduced into the subarachnoid space.

13 Conclusion Lumbar puncture Plastic tube is a simple and utility method to continue collect the fluid.

14 Methods Clinical data and lumbar puncture and CT of 80 patients with primary SAH were analysed.

15 A spinal tap (also called a lumbar puncture) is used to check the spinal fluid for ALL-cells.

16 There is no procedure that strikes more fear and trepidation into the hearts of the ignorant and misinformed than the lumbar puncture.

17 Because neurological syphilis is so rare these days,(www.Sentencedict.com) the call for lumbar puncture is limited.

18 Objective To evaluate curative effect of intracisternal hematoma by infusing urokinase through lumbar puncture.

19 Initial diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis can be made by clinical examination followed by a lumbar puncture showing a purulent spinal fluid.

20 For severe headache, a "blood-patch" epidural injection should be performed. This involves injecting 5-10 ml of the patient's blood into the epidural space at the site of the previous lumbar puncture.

21 They also found that the X-ray-guided form of spinal tap, called fluoroscopy-guided lumbar puncture, doubles the risk of bleeding in people older than 80 years compared to younger people.

22 Objective To investigate the best clinostatism in senile patient after lumbar puncture.

23 In order to be more certain what has happened to him, a lumbar puncture is necessary.

24 Overt clinical signs of infection such as fever typically predicted significant CSF abnormalities on lumbar puncture.

25 Neurologic investigations: including electrophysiologic studies, cranial imaging studies , spinal imaging studies, lumbar puncture, ultrasonography, and biopsies , etc.