"Until meningitis is ruled out through lumbar puncture, septic very-low-birth-weight infants at high risk of mortality should receive empiric antimicrobials with high delivery through the blood-brain ...
Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) for the exclusion of meningitis is included as part of routine clinical investigation of suspected sepsis in many neonatal units. A retrospective review of medical ...
Background: Lumbar puncture (LP) to exclude meningitis is part of an infection screen in many neonatal units. For best outcome, meningitis requires early initiation of treatment. Results of ...
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Spinal taps on infants are grueling for parents and medical teams. This startup may have a solution.
Providence-based SmolTap has a new device, almost like a cradle or seat, that positions and holds the infant in place during a lumbar puncture Robert Cooper painfully remembers watching a medical team ...
The innovative NEOSONICS ultrasound-based tool non-invasively identifies infant meningitis cases with 94% accuracy, potentially transforming current screening protocols based on lumbar punctur ...
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