Incidence of traumatic lumbar puncture

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Shah, Kaushal H ^a   Richard, Kathleen M ^b   Nicholas, Sarah ^c   Edlow, Jonathan A ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar puncture; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Traumatic tap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC LUMBAR PUNCTURE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0346035941     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.2.151     Document Type: Article

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