Spinal-fluid Sentence Examples

Lumbar puncture-A procedure in which the doctor inserts a small needle into the spinal cavity in the lower back to withdraw spinal fluid for testing.

Using a long, thin needle inserted into the lower back to withdraw spinal fluid (lumbar puncture) will reveal increased white blood cells and no bacteria (aseptic meningitis).

In rare instances, such as a spinal fluid blockage in the middle of the back, a physician may perform a spinal tap in the cervical spine.

Medication or spinal shunting to remove some of the spinal fluid are used to treat severe cases.

Baclofen usually is taken as an oral medication but also can be delivered directly into the spinal fluid when the oral medication does not effectively control symptoms.

An intrathecal baclofen delivery system continuously releases prescribed amounts of baclofen in small doses directly into the spinal fluid via a small catheter and pump.

During this trial, the medication is delivered into the spinal fluid via a lumbar puncture procedure.

Cerebral spinal fluid bathes the brain and spinal cord.

As for bacterial meningitis, the diagnosis is established by growing bacteria from a sample of spinal fluid.

The spinal fluid is obtained by performing a lumbar puncture (also called a spinal tap), in which a needle is inserted into an area in the lower back where fluid in the spinal canal is readily accessible.

Patients with narcolepsy have no hypocretin-1 in their spinal fluid.

Chemotherapy given by catheter or port into the spinal fluid is called intrathecal (IT) administration.

Testing for neonatal herpes infections may include special smears and/or viral cultures, blood antibody levels, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of spinal fluid.

An intrathecal baclofen delivery system, surgically placed by a neurosurgeon, continuously releases prescribed amounts of baclofen in small doses directly into the spinal fluid via a small catheter and pump.