A lumbar puncture is usually performed by inserting a needle between the bones ... The risk of bleeding appears to be low, but if bleeding occurs it can be very serious (spinal haematoma).

This Case Study describes a 80-year-old patient with lower-body parkinsonism who was diagnosed with vascular parkinsonism on the basis of clinical and neuroimaging findings, but whose gait and, to ...

Roche and Eli Lilly have been granted breakthrough status by the FDA for their pTau217 blood test for Alzheimer's disease.

Lumbar puncture may cause post-dural puncture headache (PDPH). The «father of spinal anaesthesia», August Bier ... Complications rarely occur with epidural blood patches, but adhesive arachnoiditis, ...

Lumbar puncture was performed in cases where CT was negative for SAH. Cases were divided into acute (scanned within 4 days of the haemorrhage) and subacute (scanned after 4 days) groups. RESULTS The ...

AstraZeneca's anticoagulant reversal agent Andexxa was given an accelerated approval by the FDA in 2018, but the company's plan to get that upgraded to a full approval is facing some pushback.