Lumbar puncture needle length determination

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 742-746

  Abe, Keith K ^a   Yamamoto, Loren G ^a,b   Itoman, Erick M ^a,b   Nakasone, Terri A F ^b   Kanayama, Stacy K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 25144509136     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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