Cerebellar Herniation after Lumbar Puncture in Galactosemic Newborn

• मुख्य लेखकों: Salih Kalay (लेखक), Osman Öztekin (लेखक), Gönül Tezel (लेखक), Hakan Demirtaş (लेखक), Mustafa Akçakuş (लेखक), Nihal Oygür (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Cerebral edema resulting in elevated intracranial pressure is a well-known complication of galactosemia. Lumbar puncture was performed for the diagnosis of clinically suspected bacterial meningitis. Herniation of cerebral tissue through the foramen magnum is not a common problem in neonatal intensiv...