Ultrasound identification of landmarks preceding lumbar puncture: A pilot study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-277

  Ferre, R M ^a   Sweeney, T W ^b   Strout, T D ^a,b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SOFT TISSUE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; ULTRASOUND;

DURA MATER; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 64949106526     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.057455     Document Type: Article

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