Lumbar puncture and CSF examination.

Preview Dr Morgenlander provides answers to some of the questions primary care physicians may have about lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination: What can be done to prevent post-lumbar puncture headache and how should it be treated? Does CSF pleocytosis in a patient who has had a seizure necessarily signify an underlying infectious or inflammatory process? Should every patient with dementia undergo CSF examination?