Medindia

Lumbar Puncture | Spinal Tap - Frequently Asked Questions

CSF pressure reflects the intracranial pressure. Increase in intracranial pressure can be caused by tumor or mass in the brain, swelling of brain and bleeding into the brain, infection and ...
Medindia

Lumbar Puncture | Spinal Tap - Glossary

Spinal anesthesia: Numbing the lower half of the body by injecting into the spinal space before certain procedures Epidural anesthesia: Numbing the lower half of the body by injecting anesthetic agent ...
The Korea Herald

Increased Precision and Safety in Spinal Tap with PASS - An Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Puncture Procedure

BANGKOK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PASS (Point-Assisted Spinal Sonography), an ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture device from Chula doctors and engineers, helps increase the precision and ...
Morningstar

RIVANNA awarded $2.21 million NIH grant to develop pediatric lumbar puncture ultrasound guidance system

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RIVANNA®, developers of world-first imaging-based medical technologies, has been awarded a $2.21 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ...
Daily Mail

The students changing medicine: Graduates create models of human kidneys and the spine to teach doctors delicate procedures

Two design students are changing how medicine is conducted in the UK by creating accurate models for use in training doctors for delicate procedures. Lisa Ferrie and Renske Hoste, masters students at ...
ALZFORUM

Untapped Resource? New Study to Boost Acceptance of CSF Analysis

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis has perhaps the strongest diagnostic and prognostic potential for Alzheimer disease to date, yet some think the field is not harnessing its full power because ...