Traumatic vs. atraumatic 22 G needle for therapeutic and diagnostic lumbar puncture in the hematologic patient: A prospective clinical trial

Haematologica

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1007-1008

  Lavi, Ronit ^a   Rowe, Jacob M ^a   Avivi, Irit ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atraumatic needle; Intrathecal chemotherapy; Lumbar puncture; Post lumbar puncture headache; Traumatic needle

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEEDLE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 34548731263     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10883     Document Type: Article

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