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Meanings of spinal tap in anglès
portuguès
punção lombar 
Removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
Synonyms
Examples for "lumbar puncture"
Examples for "lumbar puncture"
1
A diagnostic evaluation including magnetic resonance imaging and lumbar puncture was unrevealing.
2
The results of a lumbar puncture showed baby Isla had bacterial meningitis.
3
Participants were evaluated clinically and underwent PiB PET imaging and lumbar puncture.
4
Conclusion: occurrence of post-dural puncture headache after lumbar puncture in children is rare.
5
A lumbar puncture was performed if a child was 12 months or less.
Usage of spinal tap in anglès
1
The agency said close monitoring without a spinal tap remains an equally valid option.
2
The revised guidance essentially gives their doctors the go-ahead to perform a spinal tap.
3
A spinal tap showed the presence of Aspergillus fumigatus.
4
A spinal tap and MRI finally revealed the culprit.
5
In all cases, a lumbar puncture ( spinal tap) was performed.
6
I had another spinal tap three days later.
7
Doctors will typically perform blood tests and, if a child is very sick, possibly a spinal tap.
8
My condition, which had been downgraded from critical to serious after the second spinal tap, zipped back up to critical.
9
Spacer, are you going to tell me what you are taking, or do I need to perform a spinal tap?
10
A spinal tap was normal, there was no elevated white blood cell count, her liver and kidneys were working fine.
11
More than 275 patients have undergone spinal tap tests at the hospital, a painful procedure to determine if they have meningitis.
12
She is pan-cultured and given a spinal tap to try to isolate the cause of the infection and rule out meningitis.
13
Puro underwent a spinal tap and blood work and is awaiting the results of those tests, Montpetit said in a telephone interview.
14
Now he awaits the results of a spinal tap taken on Saturday to determine if he also has been infected with the disease.
15
A spinal tap or lumbar puncture is a diagnostic test that allows examination of the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
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She would need to do a spinal tap to see if the lab could find any bacteria or evidence of infection in the fluid.
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