A lumbar puncture (LP), which is also called a spinal tap ... You'll need to change out of your clothes into a gown and then lie on your side on a table or your hospital bed in a fetal position with ...

Background There is some evidence that using ultrasound (USS)-guidance reduces the number of lumbar puncture (LP) failures and improves the ease of the procedure in obese patients. We have begun to ...

hotmail.co.uk Background The intercristal line (ICL), defined by the superior aspect of the iliac crest, is used to clinically identify the entry point for lumbar puncture (LP) in neonates ... with ...

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Low back pain response to pelvic tilt position: an observational study of chiropractic patients. J Chiropr Med. 2016;15(1):27-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2016.02.009 U.S. National Library of Medicine ...

The CT equipment used is Lianying high-resolution 64 slice spiral CT scanner. The medical adhesive used for positioning were Kangpaite medical adhesive (0.5 ml/tube) and the matched puncture needle ...

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No lumbar puncture was performed. The patient was also treated with a 3-day course of intravenous magnesium sulfate (2 g every 6 hours) with her serum magnesium level peaking at 2.9 mg/dl (1.19 ...

There were no intrathecal puncture complications in the CTF group and four in the spiral CT group. Subgroup analysis of attending-only and trainee-performed lumbar ESIs comparing CTF vs spiral-CT ...