A randomized controlled trial of ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1341-1348

  Nomura, Jason T ^a   Leech, Stephen J ^a,b   Shenbagamurthi, Srikala ^a,c   Sierzenski, Paul R ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^a   Bollinger, Melissa ^a   Humphrey, Margaret ^a   Gukhool, Jason A ^a,d  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Emergency ultrasound; Interventional; Obesity; Spinal puncture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH RISKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS;

BODY MASS INDEX; EMERGENCY ULTRASOUND; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PALPATION LANDMARKS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; OBESITY; PALPATION; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 35348946470     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.10.1341     Document Type: Article

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