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Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture and Associated Risk Factors in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-167 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hussien Naji Abdullah | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A study used to determine the risk factors for spontaneous (Bloody) and procedure related (Traumatic) hemorrhagic complications in diagnostic lumbar punctures (LPs) of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) . In our study age of the patient and platelet count at time of diagnostic LPs are important risk factors for hemorrhagic problems related to the procedure. In the age less than 1 year , 25 procedure performed traumatic and bloody LPs (52% , 36 % respectively). With the low platelet count < 100 x10 9 /L, high incidence of traumatic and bloody LPs (33.3 %, 25.5 % respectively) , and the majority seen in cases with sever thrombocytopenia (platelet count< 25x10 9 ) were traumatic and bloody LPs are (72 % , 27.9 % respectively). | ||
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