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Jiménez, Xavier
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Shukla, Shiva Kant
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Martínez, Óscar
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Ibáñez Rodríguez, Alberto
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Parrilla Romero, Montserrat
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Elvira Segura, Luis
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2015-11-04
Lumbar Puncture (LP) is currently used to draw a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and test for potentially lethal Bacterial Meningitis (BM) in infants (<1yr). Increased CSF cellularity is highly indicative of BM and triggers medication for the patient. In developed countries, 95% of LPs for BM in infants return negative. In developing countries, LPs are rarely available, with 50% of infants with BM dying from the disease. We propose using high-frequency ultrasounds (HFUS) to non-invasively determine CSF cell concentration through the fontanel. The aim of this study is to assess the capabilities of HFUS on a fontanel phantom involving mock CSF with varying leukocyte concentration and pig tissue.
Poster presentado en : Meningitis Research Foundation’s 10th international conference: meningitis and septicaemia in children and adults, 4-5 november 2015. Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/134791
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012818
Meningitis
leukocytes
high-frequency ultrasounds
Cell count
noninvasive
Towards a non-invasive ultrasound method for the diagnosis of neonatal and infant meningitis