abstract background: the most common complication of lumbar puncture (lp) occurring in over thirty percent of patients is headache. the position after lumbar puncture, needle type and size, and volume of the extracted cerebrospinal fluid (csf) have been evaluated as contributory factors in occurrence of post lumbar puncture headache (plph), but the position before lumbar puncture has not been e...

although there have been various studies on the agents reducing pain in infants, but inadequate researches are available in which the effect of low dose of fentanyl in pain reducing in infants has been investigated. to find out the low dose effect of fentanyl on the pain reducing resulted from lumbar puncture in infants. this randomized double blind clinical trial was done on the 82 infants in ...

myelography is a diagnostic procedure to indicate spinal defects. after the inception of new means of spinal cord imaging, use of myelography has been limited. since there are contraindications for other modalities in some patients, we have to use myelography. the most common complication of myelography is post myelography headache (pmh). many methods have been proposed to alleviate the pain. i...

introduction lumbar puncture (lp) is a commonly needed procedure in pediatric medicine. in teaching hospitals, it is usually taught to junior residents by senior residents. objectives the goal of this study was to determine the dexterity of pediatrics residents in performing this procedure. patients and methods all pediatric residents of shiraz university of medical sciences were enrolled in th...

introduction:   sometimes physicians need to assess some markers on selected children's cerebrospinal fluid specimen according to lumbar puncture (lp). although immediate diagnosis and treatment especially for meningitis is necessary, but just at this moment, due to some incorrect believe in society, some parents may not allow physician to do lp. the reality is that most of these people, i...

abstract background the present randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy of a topical lidocaine-prilocaine cream (emla) to relief pain during spinal puncture in pediatric oncology patients. materials and methods sixty patients with malignancy candidate for spinal puncture were selected for this study. the patients were randomly allocated to two groups. group a had topical emla cream and...

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background: accidental dural puncture during epidural blockade is a rare complication. since postdural puncture headache (pdph) is the most frequent complication, a wisely management method will also reduce the incidence of pdph. methods: five patients who had inadvertent dural puncture during the epidural procedure before hip or knee arthroplasty were included in this study. after dural punctu...

abstract background this study aimed to compare sedative and analgesic effects of oral midazolam and ketamine on bone marrow aspiration (bma) and lumbar puncture (lp). material and methods this study was a randomized clinical trial and was performed in amirkola hospital in north of iran, babol during 2011 and 2012 .the study population consisted of 40 patients who underwent the first time of di...

background: lumbar puncture test is one of the most stressful diagnostic procedures in pediatric ward that its prescription put mothers under extreme pressure. there are limited interventions in this regard. aim: determining the impact of supportive educational program on the anxiety of mothers whose children are undergoing lumbar puncture (lp). method: the present study is a randomized control...