Samples obtained by this procedure can be subjected to the complement fixation test to find coccidioides fungus, to electrophoresis to find (*) oligoclonal bands, or to testing for 14-3-3 protein to diagnose CJD.
A particularly annoying side effect of this procedure can be alleviated using a blood patch or intravenous caffeine. When performing this procedure it is important to feel the "give" of moving past the ligamentum flavum, and the instrument used in this procedure commonly has a Quincke point. The opening pressure measured by this procedure is elevated in IIH and cryptococcosis. Samples obtained by this procedure can be subjected to the complement fixation test to find coccidioides fungus, to electrophoresis to find (*) oligoclonal bands, or to testing for 14-3-3 protein to diagnose CJD. This procedure is typically done with the subject in the fetal position, and xanthochromia in the substance collected by this procedure is the most sensitive test for subarachnoid hemorrhage. For 10 points, name this procedure commonly used to diagnose meningitis, in which a needle is slid into the back in order to collect cerebrospinal fluid.
A particularly annoying side effect of this procedure can be alleviated using a blood patch or intravenous caffeine.
lumbar puncture [or LP; accept spinal tap]