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===Contraindications of lumbar puncture===
===Contraindications of lumbar puncture===
Contraindications of lumbar puncture may include the following:<ref name="pmid17918111">{{cite journal| author=Sempere AP, Berenguer-Ruiz L, Lezcano-Rodas M, Mira-Berenguer F, Waez M| title=[Lumbar puncture: its indications, contraindications, complications and technique]. | journal=Rev Neurol | year= 2007 | volume= 45 | issue= 7 | pages= 433-6 | pmid=17918111 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17918111  }} </ref>
Contraindications of lumbar puncture may include the following:<ref name="pmid17918111">{{cite journal| author=Sempere AP, Berenguer-Ruiz L, Lezcano-Rodas M, Mira-Berenguer F, Waez M| title=[Lumbar puncture: its indications, contraindications, complications and technique]. | journal=Rev Neurol | year= 2007 | volume= 45 | issue= 7 | pages= 433-6 | pmid=17918111 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17918111 }} </ref><ref name="pmid25075138">{{cite journal| author=Doherty CM, Forbes RB| title=Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture. | journal=Ulster Med J | year= 2014 | volume= 83 | issue= 2 | pages= 93-102 | pmid=25075138 | doi= | pmc=4113153 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25075138 }} </ref>
*Increased intracranial pressure
*Increased intracranial pressure
*Mass lesion such as tumour
*Mass lesion such as tumour

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Overview

Lumbar puncture

Indications of lumbar puncture

Findings of lumbar puncture in bacterial meningitis

Following CSF findings may suggest bacterial meningitis:[1][2]

  • A pressure of over 180 mmH2O [1][2][3][4]
  • CSF cell count in 1000s[2]
  • Granulocytes > lymphocytes
  • Elevated protein may range between 100-500mg/dl
  • Glucose ratio (CSF/plasma) <0.3
  • CSF lactate >2.1mmol/l[3][4]
  • CSF gram stain findings

Contraindications of lumbar puncture

Contraindications of lumbar puncture may include the following:[5][6]

  • Increased intracranial pressure
  • Mass lesion such as tumour
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Bleeding diathesis

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 de Gans J, van de Beek D, European Dexamethasone in Adulthood Bacterial Meningitis Study Investigators (2002). "Dexamethasone in adults with bacterial meningitis". N Engl J Med. 347 (20): 1549–56. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa021334. PMID 12432041. Review in: ACP J Club. 2003 May-Jun;138(3):60
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Durand ML, Calderwood SB, Weber DJ, Miller SI, Southwick FS, Caviness VS; et al. (1993). "Acute bacterial meningitis in adults. A review of 493 episodes". N Engl J Med. 328 (1): 21–8. doi:10.1056/NEJM199301073280104. PMID 8416268.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Huy NT, Thao NT, Diep DT, Kikuchi M, Zamora J, Hirayama K (2010). "Cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis: a systemic review and meta-analysis". Crit Care. 14 (6): R240. doi:10.1186/cc9395. PMC 3220013. PMID 21194480.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sakushima K, Hayashino Y, Kawaguchi T, Jackson JL, Fukuhara S (2011). "Diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid lactate for differentiating bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis: a meta-analysis". J Infect. 62 (4): 255–62. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2011.02.010. PMID 21382412.
  5. Sempere AP, Berenguer-Ruiz L, Lezcano-Rodas M, Mira-Berenguer F, Waez M (2007). "[Lumbar puncture: its indications, contraindications, complications and technique]". Rev Neurol. 45 (7): 433–6. PMID 17918111.
  6. Doherty CM, Forbes RB (2014). "Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture". Ulster Med J. 83 (2): 93–102. PMC 4113153. PMID 25075138.


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