TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Lumbar Puncture
A1  - Nakitende, Damali N.
A1  - Gottlieb, Michael
A1  - Sundaram, Tina
A2  - Reichman, Eric F.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
AB  - Meningitis  and  subarachnoid  hemorrhage  (SAH)  are  serious,  life-threatening  conditions.  They  require  prompt  and  accurate  diagnosis  in  the  Emergency  Department  (ED)  due  to  their  significant  morbidity  and  mortality.1  There  are  many  diagnostic  modalities  available  to  the  Emergency  Physician  (EP)  to  assist  in  the  diagnosis.  However,  the  lumbar  puncture  (LP)  is  still  considered  the  gold  standard.  The  LP  is  a  procedure  that  is  often  performed  in  the  ED  to  obtain  information  about  the  cerebrospinal  fluid  (CSF)  to  aid  in  the  diagnosis  of  a  variety  of  medical  conditions.  Knowledge  about  the  proper  indications,  contraindications,  various  techniques,  equipment,  and  recognition  and  treatment  of  potential  complications  is  vital  to  any  EP  who  performs  this  procedure.  It  is  important  to  perform  a  thorough  neurologic  examination  prior  to  the  LP,  as  significant  neurologic  deficits  may  suggest  increased  intracranial  pressure  (ICP).  Significant  morbidity  and  mortality  can  result  if  the  procedure  is  performed  on  the  wrong  patient.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159804490
ER  -