A spinal tap, or a lumbar puncture, is a procedure in which a needle is inserted in your lower back to withdraw the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) — the fluid around your spinal cord. The fluid can be ...

CSF pressure reflects the intracranial pressure. Increase in intracranial pressure can be caused by tumor or mass in the brain, swelling of brain and bleeding into the brain, infection and ...

Lumbar puncture, a diagnostic procedure often undertaken in acute medical units, is a technical procedure that requires skill, knowledge and experience. Lumbar punctures used to be performed mostly by ...

Patients with encephalitis admitted to hospital tend to have more lumbar punctures as a result of disease severity and ...

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 ...

BANGKOK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PASS (Point-Assisted Spinal Sonography), an ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture device from Chula doctors and engineers, helps increase the precision and ...

Changes Clinical Practice: Infants and children who present with new neurologic symptoms up to 7 days following lumbar puncture procedures should receive ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear liquid that cushions and surrounds the brain and spinal cord. It helps support the venous structures around the brain, and it’s important in brain homeostasis and ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a drug safety advisory with recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of spinal column bleeding after spinal intervention, including epidural ...