0 the act of putting a needle between the bones of the lower back in order to remove fluid for testing, or to reduce pressure in the head or back:
Then another doctor explained that they would do a lumbar puncture.
He didn't respond to the antibiotics, so they did a lumbar puncture and diagnosed pneumococcal meningitis.
Post-lumbar-puncture headache is an example precipitated by leakage from the punctured lumbar theca.
Lumbar puncture should be performed when the baby is stable and there is clinical suspicion of meningitis but is not necessary in all cases of early-onset sepsis.
Use of the decision rule to establish the indication of a lumbar puncture and empirical antibiotic treatment will reduce total costs by 10% compared with current practice.
It is a complicated test involving a lumbar puncture.
Lumbar puncture or surgical treatment may be required to prevent optic atrophy in cases of intracranial hypertension refractory to treatment with immunomodulators and steroids.
