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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"lumbar puncture"”.
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Routine cranial CT before lumbar puncture in HIV positive adults presenting with seizures at Mitchells Plain Hospital in Cape Town
… presenting with new onset seizures, before a lumbar puncture (LP) is performed. In the South African setting, however, this delay could be life threatening. This study sought to measure the number of cranial CTs that contraindicate an LP and to predict which clinical signs and symptoms are …
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Defining the Normal Range of Cerebrospinal Fluid Opening Pressure in Adults: A Systematic Review
… this population, direct measurement of ICP via lumbar puncture has been suggested. However, the normal range of cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure (CSFOP) is first needed to interpret values obtained via lumbar puncture in the astronaut population. Many clinical guidelines utilize an upper …
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ΕΠΙΣΚΛΗΡΙΔΙΟΣ ΜΥΕΛΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΓΚΡΙΣΗ ΑΥΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΥΠΑΡΑΧΝΟΕΙΔΗ ΜΥΕΛΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΟΥΡΑΙΟ ΑΚΡΟ ΤΗΣ ΟΣΦΥΙΚΗΣ ΜΟΙΡΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΣΠΟΝΔΥΛΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΗΛΗΣ
… RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF EPIDURAL MYELOGRAPHY BY LUMBAR PUNCTURE ARE STUDIED AND EVALUATED IN COMPARISON TO THOSE OF SUBARACHNOIDAL MYELOGRAPHY. THE EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHY IS REVIEWED. THE ANATOMY OF THE EPIDURAL SPACE AND THE SPINAL CANAL IS DESCRIBED AND REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE PATHOGENESIS OF …
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Optic nerve subarachnoid space cerebral spinal fluid computational fluid dynamics
… without utilizing invasive procedures such as lumbar puncture. The understanding of this flow within the ONSAS could provide medical professionals with more information prior to proceeding with invasive procedures and diagnosis of optic neuropathies. As a result, this study aims to establish a …
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in the Evaluation and Treatment of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
… NPH whose symptomatic response to repetitive lumbar puncture (LP) was maintained for longer than one year without the need for the shunt operation and analyzed the predictor for the prolonged symptomatic response to repetitive LP in patients with NPH. In PART II, a prospective study, we …
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Measuring the absolute concentration of particles in suspension using high frequency B-mode ultrasound imaging
… be measured noninvasively without requiring a lumbar puncture. In this work, a new method is presented that estimates absolute particle concentration from high frequency B-mode ultrasound images. The method is based on the detection and characterization of the echoes from individual particles …
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Novel and newer nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of TB
… on CSF, 235 patients with suspected TBM had a lumbar puncture with 1 ml of CSF or where available a re-suspended pellet from 3 ml of CSF evaluated using Xpert.
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Development of A Gene Therapy for Creatine Transporter Deficiency
… compared neonatal ICV delivery with intrathecal lumbar puncture (IT) delivery in adult mice, as IT is much more clinically relevant. Both routes were assessed at 13 and 24-week endpoints. ICV resulted in a greater increase in brain creatine than IT at both endpoints. However, IT administration …
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A Novel Exo-Proteomic Approach to the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury
… such as sampling cerebral spinal fluid via lumbar puncture, are both invasive and carry risk of injury. Discovery of trauma-specific biomarkers present in peripheral blood may present a viable alternative. However, the likely degradation of neuronal proteins in the peripheral circulation is …
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Cognition and apathy in normal pressure hydrocephalus
… brain despite apparently normal CSF pressure at lumbar puncture. In addition to movement and urinary symptoms, patients commonly display cognitive decline and apathy. NPH is recognised as an important cause of cognitive decline as it is thought be reversible with surgical CSF diversion (e.g. …
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Relationships of intracranial pressure, cerebrospinal fluid space and head circumference in young children
… 780 patients under 6-year-old who underwent a lumbar puncture for measuring the ICP. Exclusion criteria were as follows; 1) unrecorded HC or ICP on chart; 2) diagnosed craniosynostosis or intracranial tumor; and 3) performed shunt or cranial vault operation. The enrolled patients were divided …
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Demographic and aetiological factors of paediatric status epilepticus at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: 2016-2018
… were abnormal in 7 (12%) of 57 children who had lumbar puncture done and there were no deaths in the cohort. Most children, 87 (73%), were stabilised adequately for admission in the short stay ward, however eight required admission to ICU. Conclusion: Acute infections are the most common cause of …
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A study of the john Cunningham virus (jcv) seroprevalence among Zambian adults presenting with “meningoencephalitis” to the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… meningoencephalitis and had undergone a lumbar puncture as part of their evaluation. Confirmed PML cases were also recruited based on clinical features, confirmed by JCV DNA PCR of CSF. Data was analysed using Epi Info 7. Descriptive statistics were used to determine patient …
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A study of the john Cunningham virus (jcv) seroprevalence among Zambian adults presenting with “meningoencephalitis” to the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… meningoencephalitis and had undergone a lumbar puncture as part of their evaluation. Confirmed PML cases were also recruited based on clinical features, confirmed by JCV DNA PCR of CSF. Data was analysed using Epi Info 7. Descriptive statistics were used to determine patient …
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Genetic determinants of rates of cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
… In addition, a subset of these samples underwent lumbar puncture for CSF collection at the study baseline, and Aβ42, total-tau and phospho-tau were quantified. Finally, based on the AIBL neuropsychological test battery, three cognitive composites previously developed were calculated for all …
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The Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Prevention of HIV-associated Meningitis in Southern Africa
… audit of patients evaluated for meningitis by lumbar puncture with CSF analysis from 2000-2015, including complete national records for 2013 and 2014. Forty-one percent (8759/21,560) of cases of suspected meningitis in adults had abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings, half of these …