Risk Factors for Traumatic or Unsuccessful Lumbar Punctures in Children

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 762-771

  Nigrovic, Lise E ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^b   Neuman, Mark I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34248570107     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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