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 ...

A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is a common test doctors use to check for signs of MS in your spinal fluid. But a lumbar puncture on its own isn’t enough to confirm an MS diagnosis. Diagnosing multiple ...

What Is a Spinal Tap? One test for epilepsy is a spinal tap (also called a lumbar puncture). This is a procedure in which fluid surrounding the spinal cord (called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF) is ...

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 ...

How Is a CSF Glucose Test Done? The most common way to check the glucose in your cerebrospinal fluid is by performing a lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap. In some cases, your doctor can also ...

Dementia patients to be diagnosed through a painful lumbar puncture that involves drawing fluid from their spinal cord - with the process costing about a tenth of the alternative brain scan DEMENTIA ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians rarely made therapeutic modifications based on MRI and lumbar puncture results. EEGs may be ...