Abo and colleagues note that although descriptive evidence exists for the best position for adult lumbar puncture (LP), no comparative evidence exists for children. This study was completed on a ...

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 ...

Background: Headache after cervical or lumbar puncture has long been attributed to early mobilization; however, there is little evidence for this. We performed a systematic literature review and ...

We prospectively studied 301 adults with suspected meningitis to determine whether clinical characteristics that were present before CT of the head was performed could be used to identify patients who ...

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 ...

A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...