Needle-entry angle for lumbar puncture in children as determined by using ultrasonography

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bruccoleri, Rebecca Elaine ^a   Chen, Lei ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle; Interspinous space; Lumbar puncture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR SPINOUS SPACE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79953313638     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2511     Document Type: Article

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