Residency Training: A failed lumbar puncture is more about obesity than lack of ability

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2015, Pages e69-e72

  Edwards, Cory ^a   Leira, Enrique C ^a   Gonzalez Alegre, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; PUNCTURE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; OBESITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 84924389942     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001335     Document Type: Article

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