The Technique of Bone Marrow Aspiration in Children

The Role of Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy in Diagnosis of Bone Marrow Metastases

Background: Bone marrow is the site of many malignant disorders and it is one of the common places for solid tumors to metastasize. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate and biopsy is a routine procedure performed for assessment of various conditions such as cytopenias, hematologic neoplasms, nonmalignant disorders and metastatic neoplasms. Methods: The patients were referred to the Hema...

The technique of bone marrow aspiration in children.

Bone marrow aspiration has now been an established procedure in haematology for close on 50 years (Pianese, 1905), but it has been only during the last two decades, following the studies of Kato (1937), Vogel and Bassen (1939), and Diwany (1940), that a study of bone marrow has become routine procedure in the diagnosis of an increasing variety of diseases in children. The aim of this communicat...

Effect of Distraction Technique and Hypnosis in Pain of Bone Marrow Aspiration in Children: a Narrative Review

BackgroundThe present review study provides specific evidence to assess the impact of distraction techniques and hypnosis on the pain of bone marrow aspiration in children.Materials and MethodsThis review study aimed to determine the effects of distraction techniques and hypnosis on the controlling pain of bone marrow aspiration in children. Internal databases (SID, Magiran, IranMedex and Irand...

A new bone marrow aspiration needle to overcome the sampling errors inherent in the technique of bone marrow aspiration.

Ketofol for bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture in Children with ALL

Abstract Background Ketofol is usually using as a sedative drug during painful procedures now. That Provides sedation, analgesia and rapid recovery. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy, respiratory and hemodynamic profiles, and side effects of two various combination of ketamine and propofol in patients undergoing bone marrow aspiration (BMA) and lumbar puncture (LP). Materials...