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The smaller the needle used for the lumbar puncture, the lower the risk that the patient will experience a post-lumbar puncture headache. (medscape.com)
Especially the frequency of post-lumbar puncture headache will decrease, and the number of hospital readmissions or epidural blood patches for this complication will be strongly reduced," added Dr. Brouwer, who co-wrote an editorial about the study. (medscape.com)

The emergency puncture repair kit is only intended for sealing tyres with a puncture in the tread. (volvocars.com)
Last Wednesday I fitted puncture resistant liners to my tyres (700x23) - fed up with punctures in the winter. (cyclingforums.com)
Any tyres rated 'V' and above can only have one puncture repair in the lifetime of the tyre. (national.co.uk)
At National a puncture repair will include a new valve and wheel balance to ensure the safety of the tyres before you leave the premises. (national.co.uk)
Using puncture protection liquid is one of the best ways to prevent punctures on electric scooters with pneumatic air-filled tyres. (halfords.com)

Most puncture wounds do not need to be seen. (stlouischildrens.org)
Puncture wounds seal over in 1 to 2 hours. (stlouischildrens.org)
Many people get puncture wounds from household items, work items, or yard tools or when operating machinery. (alberta.ca)
Most puncture wounds are minor, and home treatment is usually all that is needed. (alberta.ca)
But for puncture wounds from clean needles, home treatment may be all that is needed. (alberta.ca)
Puncture wounds are deeper and narrower than cuts. (alberta.ca)

How do I know if I have a car tyre puncture? (national.co.uk)
As a great innovation of the off-road segment, the MICHELIN Bib Mousse TM eliminates the risk of a tyre puncture. (michelin.co.uk)

A tyre can only be repaired if it is a small puncture (less than 6mm in diameter) in the central ¾ of the tyre, anywhere else is deemed unsafe as it is too close to the sidewall. (national.co.uk)
If it was a small object such as a nail or a screw that caused a small puncture, and the damage is in the central ¾ of the tyre then it would be possible to repair the puncture. (national.co.uk)

Atraumatic needles significantly reduced the incidence of moderate to severe headache and the need for medical interventions after diagnostic lumbar punctures, but they were associated with a higher failure rate than standard needles. (bmj.com)
Headache due to a reduced volume of cerebrospinal fluid and reduced pressure complicates a substantial proportion of lumbar punctures. (bmj.com)
The answer to the question, 'Are atraumatic needles better for lumbar punctures? (medscape.com)

To compare the ease of use of atraumatic needles with standard needles for diagnostic lumbar puncture and the incidence of headache after their use. (bmj.com)
Secondary end points were incidence of headache at one week analysed by needle type, ease of use by operator according to a visual analogue scale, incidence of backache, and failure rate of puncture. (bmj.com)
The incidence of headache after spinal anaesthesia is typically half that after diagnostic lumbar puncture. (bmj.com)
Postdural puncture headache and cerebral venous thrombosis in obstetric anaesthesia. (iasp-pain.org)
Postdural-puncture headache incidence dropped significantly from 11.0% in the conventional needle group to 4.2% in the atraumatic group. (medscape.com)
Subgroup analyses of postdural-puncture headache showed no interactions between needle type and patient sex, age, position, bed rest after puncture, needle gauge, indication for lumbar puncture, use of intravenous fluid, or clinician specialty. (medscape.com)

One of the possible complications associated with the use of voice prosthesis is downward migration of tracheoesophageal puncture. (srce.hr)
This should change clinical practice and result in fewer patients with lumbar puncture complications. (medscape.com)
Ultrasound allows the identification of impalpable veins , its patency tested and its puncture performed under direct vision, which improves the success rates of PVA and decrease the complications 3,4,6-8 . (bvsalud.org)

During Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection set procedure, during sending NBAP radio link setup message the uplink puncturing limit will send to NODE B, along with U/L spreading factor & U/L scrambling code. (wikipedia.org)
This procedure is also known as an emergency airway puncture or cricothyrotomy. (mountsinai.org)
Lumbar puncture is a procedure that is often performed in the emergency department to obtain information about the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). (medscape.com)
Lumbar puncture is an extremely common procedure, and the strong results from this study call for switching the type of needle. (medscape.com)
It was observed that nurses who received stage 3 of the training were able to identify and puncture the vein in a shorter time, demonstrating the ability of the model used in step 3 to improve nurses' ability for the ultrasound guided venipuncture procedure. (bvsalud.org)

What Is a Spinal Tap/Lumbar Puncture? (kidshealth.org)
A lumbar puncture, or spinal tap, is a medical test that involves collecting a small sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for examination. (kidshealth.org)
Spinal anaesthesia and myelography differ from diagnostic lumbar puncture because smaller gauge needles are used, smaller volumes of cerebrospinal fluid are removed, and other fluids can be introduced. (bmj.com)
Evaluation for fungal meningitis includes a lumbar puncture (LP, also known as spinal tap) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. (cdc.gov)

A puncture wound is usually narrower and deeper than a cut or scrape. (alberta.ca)

Are puncture repairs safe? (national.co.uk)
The British Tyre Manufacturers Association (BTMA) representing the Tyre manufacturing industry in the UK, work in association with Tyresafe.org who actively promote road safety and as such the BTMA expect tyre technicians to adhere to the British Standard when carrying out puncture repairs. (national.co.uk)
If repairs overlap (a plug has to fill the puncture and then be covered by a patch). (kaltire.com)
Sidewall puncture repairs compromise the integrity of your tire - Even if a patch were placed over a sidewall puncture, the fact is, your tire is no longer able to perform at is best, and that means it isn't safe. (kaltire.com)

2 6 Despite evidence that relevant physical characteristics of atraumatic needles, such as flow rates, are comparable to those of standard needles, 6 there are limited data on their benefit in diagnostic lumbar puncture. (bmj.com)
7-9 The Cochrane Collaboration has identified only two methodologically adequate studies of atraumatic needles for diagnostic lumbar puncture (C Sudlow, personal communication). (bmj.com)
As they report in The Lancet, online December 6, Dr. Almenawer and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare patient outcomes after lumbar puncture with atraumatic needles versus conventional needles. (medscape.com)
The researchers searched 13 databases with no language restrictions from inception to Aug 15, 2017, for randomized controlled trials comparing the use of atraumatic needles and conventional needles for any lumbar puncture indication. (medscape.com)

Standardised protocol for lumbar puncture with 20 gauge atraumatic or standard needles. (bmj.com)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Atraumatic lumbar puncture needles are safe and effective, and they cause fewer postdural-puncture headaches and returns to the hospital for additional treatment, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. (medscape.com)

Analyses of free text information for puncture injuries found approximately 70 percent of injuries to occur during the framing/sheathing stage of construction. (cdc.gov)

If the tyre has a puncture anywhere outside of this area, we cannot safely repair this section as it is too close to the sidewall. (national.co.uk)
Whatever the cause, there's only one safe solution: a plug and patch repair combination for most tread punctures, and replacing the tire for sidewall punctures. (kaltire.com)
Unfortunately, sidewall punctures on passenger or light truck tires can't be repaired. (kaltire.com)
When you have a sidewall puncture on your hands, the best thing to do is replace the tire. (kaltire.com)
If you drive a truck and you do a lot of off-roading or driving in areas where your tires are susceptible to sidewall punctures, you might want to consider one of our all-terrain tires , which feature 3-plywall sidewall construction for added puncture resistance. (kaltire.com)

This document specifies a method for determining the puncture resistance of board using a pendulum device. (iso.org)
The puncture-propagation of tear test measures the resistance of a material to snagging, or more precisely, to dynamic puncture and propagation of that puncture resulting in a tear. (astm.org)
However, comparing the results of prepunctured test specimens with normal nonpunctured specimens will give an indication of the extent of any puncture resistance in the reported result. (astm.org)

Lumbar puncture success on the first attempt, failure rate, average number of attempts, and incidence of traumatic tap and backache were similar with the two needle types. (medscape.com)

I thought I may have nipped the tube when easing the tyre over the last bit of rim with levers, although the puncture appeared to be on the tread side of the tube. (cyclingforums.com)
puncture appeared to be on the tread side of the tube. (cyclingforums.com)
Here's why and how we repair tire punctures to the tread. (kaltire.com)
At Kal Tire, when we repair tread punctures, we use both plugs and patches simultaneously as recommended by the Rubber Manufacturer's Association. (kaltire.com)

We considered as eligible for our study all patients attending the investigation ward of a regional neurology unit for elective diagnostic lumbar puncture between September 1998 and February 1999. (bmj.com)
Kelk, Catherine Rosalind (1999) Four-punctured spheres. (soton.ac.uk)

MRI a Viable Alternative to Lumbar Puncture for MS Diagnosis? (medscape.com)

Then soak the puncture wound in warm soapy water for 15 minutes. (stlouischildrens.org)
A puncture wound can happen anywhere on your body. (alberta.ca)
A puncture wound is usually left open instead of being closed. (alberta.ca)
This is because a puncture wound can be easily infected, and closing it can make infection even more likely. (alberta.ca)
A puncture wound is a forceful injury caused by a sharp, pointed object that goes into the skin. (alberta.ca)
Do you have a puncture wound? (alberta.ca)
A deep puncture wound in any of these areas could damage the internal organs. (alberta.ca)

The emergency puncture repair kit is located under the floor in the cargo area. (volvocars.com)
Muc-Off's well-presented Stealth Tubeless Puncture Plug repair kit is designed to sit inside the ends of your handlebar, saving you storage space elsewhere, to get you out of trouble when tubeless sealant is not enough. (bikeradar.com)
I managed to fix my tyre's test punctures as reliably as I'd expect with any tubeless repair kit. (bikeradar.com)
If you suffer a puncture and don't have a spare tube or repair kit, lift one side of the tire off the wheel rim, then stuff it with grass for a temporary fix. (yellowpages.ca)
A pump, puncture repair kit, tire levers and a multi-tool are the bare necessities. (yellowpages.ca)
This neat puncture repair kit comes from Holland. (labourandwait.co.uk)

The predominant body part injured was the hands/fingers, with 80 to 89 percent of injuries being nail punctures. (cdc.gov)

For example, a needle puncture may be used by a doctor to draw blood or to put fluid or medicines into a vein ( intravenous, or IV ). (alberta.ca)

The B2 route is technically easier than the B3 route for guidewire insertion, dilation , and stenting but if performed with conventional oblique-viewing (OV) EUS, B2 puncture can cause transesophageal puncture and severe adverse events. (bvsalud.org)

Our geometric interpretation can be used to find non-split extensions over other Jacobian algebras arising form surfaces with punctures. (cam.ac.uk)

The common theme so far is that these puncture happens when I pump them to the max rating of 95 PSI. (bikeforums.net)

However, with puncturing the same decoder can be used regardless of how many bits have been punctured, thus puncturing considerably increases the flexibility of the system without significantly increasing its complexity. (wikipedia.org)
Experience has shown that for many materials puncture does not contribute significantly to the force value determined, due to the sharpness of the propagating probe used. (astm.org)

I have no idea why it was causing a puncture but I have tried taping over the joint with strips of electrical tape to see if it makes a difference. (cyclingforums.com)
Is there a deep puncture in or over a joint? (alberta.ca)
A puncture that goes into a joint can be serious. (alberta.ca)

Emergency airway puncture is the placement of a hollow needle into the airway through the skin of the throat. (medlineplus.gov)
Emergency airway puncture is done in an emergency situation, when someone is choking and all other efforts to assist with breathing have failed. (medlineplus.gov)
Emergency airway puncture provides enough breathing support for only a very short period of time. (medlineplus.gov)
If the compressor for emergency puncture repair is connected to one of the two sockets in the tunnel console then no other current consumer may be connected to the other one. (volvocars.com)
The compressor for temporary emergency puncture repair has been tested and approved by Volvo. (volvocars.com)
An emergency airway puncture may be performed if all efforts to dislodge an object from the throat have failed. (mountsinai.org)

Carefully inspect the inside of the tire for foreign objects that may be the cause of the recurrent punctures. (yellowpages.ca)
If your tire splits or rips open while riding, the inner tube can bulge out from the gap and be punctured. (yellowpages.ca)
Shards of metals, screws and nails, even scissors-at Kal Tire, we've seen it all when it comes to tire punctures. (kaltire.com)
Are you looking at a punctured tire that needs repairing? (kaltire.com)

Now I need to make 2/3 rate convolutional coder and Viterbi decoder using xilinx blockset with puncturing method. (edaboard.com)

Lumbar puncture should be performed only after a neurologic examination but should never delay potentially life-saving interventions, such as the administration of antibiotics and steroids to patients with suspected bacterial meningitis. (medscape.com)

Our data suggest that approximately 69 percent of puncture injuries may be due to an inadvertent gun discharge or misfire, preventable in large part by the use of sequential triggers. (cdc.gov)

To meet these recommendations and adhere to the safety guidelines, we will only repair a puncture sustained in the 'minor repair area' which is the central ¾ of the tyre. (national.co.uk)

This creates an instant permanent seal which minimises any loss of pressure and acts as a puncture repair. (halfords.com)

Punctures on the trainer? (cyclingforums.com)
Simulab's LumbarPunctureBaby System with Simulated IV Bag is a pediatric lumbar puncture trainer that simulates a two-week-old baby. (simulab.com)

116 patients requiring elective diagnostic lumbar puncture. (bmj.com)
Patients and methods: The study included 6 patients with downward migrated tracheoesophageal puncture. (srce.hr)
Training nurses to perform ultrasound guided venous puncture is an important issue to improve care for patients with indication for peripheral venous access, especially for those with difficult access. (bvsalud.org)
After training, nurses performed ultrasound guided venipuncture on patients, the variables were noted, among them, the identification and puncture times of the vein. (bvsalud.org)
Thus, UGPVA has become an useful tool in cases of difficult puncture (when palpation and anatomical references fail) in noncritical patients 14 and is an effective and safe alternative to CVA, which traditionally it is the next step after PVA failure 15,16 . (bvsalud.org)

Traditionally, a negative CT scan is followed with lumbar puncture (LP). However, noncontrast CT followed by CT angiography (CTA) of the brain can rule out SAH with greater than 99% sensitivity. (medscape.com)

Punctured tubes near valve stem. (bikeforums.net)
Puncture repair kits work by forcing a sealant through the valve into the tyre and a compressor which is provided in the kit then inflates the tyre. (national.co.uk)
Once the valve is removed, squeeze the manufacturers recommended amount of puncture protection liquid into the tyre using the connector provided. (halfords.com)

Repaired the puncture and refitted without use of tubes. (cyclingforums.com)

A puncture from a used needle increases the risk of infection. (alberta.ca)

In coding theory, puncturing is the process of removing some of the parity bits after encoding with an error-correction code. (wikipedia.org)

We derive a simple analytic expression for the iterative belief propagation (BP) decoding threshold of a randomly punctured LDPC code ensemble on the binary erasure channel (BEC) and show that, with respect to the BP threshold, the strength and suitability of an LDPC code ensemble for random puncturing is completely determined by a single constant that depends only on the rate and the BP threshold of the mother code ensemble. (lu.se)
The traditional superficial venous puncture depends on the location of the vein close enough to the skin to be visible or at least palpable, thus peripheral venous access (PVA), without the use of ultrasound, can be challenging, with a failure rate of approximately 25% 5 . (bvsalud.org)

A string repair involves repairing a puncture from the outside of the tyre. (national.co.uk)

The puncture biopsy is a medical means for diagnosing pathological tissues, and is mainly used for diagnosing diseases such as tumor, infection, liver diseases and the like. (google.com)

CVS is an emerging neuroimaging biomarker for MS that may improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce the need for lumbar puncture. (medscape.com)
Previous studies of diagnostic lumbar puncture have potentially been confounded by comparing different needle gauges, failing to define the operators' previous experience or the length of follow up, and not addressing technical difficulties. (bmj.com)

They excluded randomized trials in which no dural puncture was performed (epidural injections) and those without a conventional needle control group. (medscape.com)

Keep your bike on the trails with the below tips for the repair of and protection against punctured and flat tires. (yellowpages.ca)

The date associated with the time of skin puncture at this hospital to access the arterial site selected for endovascular treatment of a cerebral artery occlusion. (jointcommission.org)

We also perform an asymptotic minimum distance analysis of randomly punctured code ensembles and present simulation results that confirm the robust decoding performance promised by the asymptotic results. (lu.se)

There are certain recommendations set by the British Standard BS AU 159 that must be adhered to for a puncture repair to be carried out safely. (national.co.uk)
B2-EUS-HGS can be performed safely using FV, without transesophageal puncture , and supportability of the device is improved as FV is coaxial with the guidewire. (bvsalud.org)

Additionally, if a puncture is over 6mm in diameter, regardless of whether it is in the safe area or not, we cannot repair this as the damage is too big for a safe repair. (national.co.uk)
If a puncture is larger than ¼ inch in diameter (passenger vehicles) or 3/8 inch (light duty trucks). (kaltire.com)

First wash off the foot, hand or other punctured skin with soap and water. (stlouischildrens.org)
Documentation indicates that the Skin Puncture Date was 03- 42 -20xx. (jointcommission.org)
Patient expires on 02-12-20xx and documentation indicates the Skin Puncture Date was 03-12-20xx. (jointcommission.org)
Since the Skin Puncture Date is after the Discharge Date (death), it is outside of the parameters of care and the abstractor should select "UTD. (jointcommission.org)
Absolute contraindications for lumbar puncture are the presence of infected skin over the needle entry site and the presence of unequal pressures between the supratentorial and infratentorial compartments. (medscape.com)

article{db92e312-8dae-49ad-a81e-71a378e3b2cc, abstract = {{In this paper, we present a random puncturing analysis of low-density parity-check (LDPC) code ensembles. (lu.se)

In some cases, a pre-defined pattern of puncturing is used in an encoder. (wikipedia.org)
As i am doing puncturing in convolutional encoder the output is verified. (edaboard.com)
And I have compared the result of punctured convolutional encoder with standard convolutional encoder. (edaboard.com)

Conslusions: The method that we have used for closing downward migrated tracheoesophageal puncture is simple and effective, and also doesn't require special instruments and thus we believe it can be used in everyday ENT practice. (srce.hr)

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