Lumbar puncture
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Best way to perform lumbar puncture and analyze results- No increased risk of spinal hematoma with lumbar puncture in adults with coagulopathy
- Ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture more successful, less traumatic, less painful
- Head CT recommended before lumbar puncture in adults with suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Step-by-step approach to ruling out infant infection is accurate
- LP of little value in children with complex partial seizures
- The rate of concomitant bacterial meningitis in infants with urinary tract infection is 0.25%
- History and physical minimally helpful for diagnosing subarachnoid hemorrhage
- New diagnostic criteria for pseudotumor cerebri
- Bacterial Meningitis Score accurate in kids with suspected meningitis and CSF pleocytosis
- Diagnostic certainty for type of stroke requires neuroimaging
- Infants with ALTEs rarely have serious bacterial infection
- Antioxidants, CoQ ineffective for patients with Alzheimer disease
- Lab-based prediction model can rule out serious bacterial infections in febrile infants
- Low-risk criteria inaccurate in febrile neonates
- Risk of serious bacterial infection low in recently immunized febrile infants