 RE: Lumbar Puncture
Lumber Pumcture is mostly used as an aneasthetic during labor.. to numb the lady below the site of punture..
It is also used to draw some samples from the spinal fluids around the spinal cord .. to do some tests (first is to ovbserve the fluids taken out..as color .. blood stain..) .. tests as level of protein .. level of red blood cells and white blood cells.. mainly to check for meningitis (inflamation/infection of the brain membranes)
(finished medical school and year of internship)
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