Evaluating infant positioning for lumbar puncture using sonographic measurements

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-218

  Cadigan, Beth A ^a,b   Cydulka, Rita K ^a   Werner, Sandra L ^a   Jones, Robert A ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; NECK; NEEDLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL NEEDLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORAX; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NEW YORK; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951648066     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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