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 ...

Occur only once per 24-hour period. Events that seem otherwise like febrile seizures but that violate these rules, usually by longer duration or by having multiple recurrences in 24 hours, are ...

Decreasing Late Mortality Among Five-Year Survivors of Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence: A Population-Based Study in the Nordic Countries PURPOSE: To determine the effects of eliminating initial ...

Our retrospective cross-sectional study included children 18 years of age or younger who underwent lumbar puncture for clinical indications in the emergency department of a single tertiary-care ...

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 ...

The SMöLTAP infant stabilizer was conceptualized by two practicing physicians. Invented by two physicians, stabilizer tool aims to increase first-stick success rates while decreasing stress and cost ...

Lumbar puncture is the only test that can directly confirm a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. Most people with suspected bacterial meningitis do not need neuroimaging before a lumbar puncture. This ...

Delay of the Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture and Intrathecal Chemotherapy in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Who Undergo Routine Corticosteroid Testing: Tokyo Children’s Cancer Study Group Study ...