Patient position during lumbar puncture has no meaningful effect on cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 616-619

  Avery, Robert A ^a,b   Mistry, Rakesh D ^a   Shah, Samir S ^a,b,c   Boswinkel, Jan ^a   Huh, Jimmy W ^a   Ruppe, Michael D ^a   Borasino, Santiago ^a   Licht, Daniel J ^a   Seiden, Jeffrey A ^a   Liu, Grant T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Lumbar puncture; Opening pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 77953108064     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809359198     Document Type: Article

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