Better With Ultrasound: Lumbar Puncture

Publication Date

2018

Journal Title

Chest

Abstract

© 2018 American College of Chest Physicians The performance of a lumbar puncture is generally associated with a high rate of success and a favorable risk profile. Nonetheless, the use of ultrasound for procedural guidance has been demonstrated to reduce the rate of failure and the risk of specific complications, especially in patients with difficult surface anatomy. Many individual ultrasound techniques have been described in the literature; this article presents a systematic approach for incorporating these tools into bedside practice and includes a series of illustrative figures and narrated video presentations to demonstrate the techniques described.

Volume Number

154

Issue Number

5

Pages

1223-1229

Document Type

Article

Status

Faculty

Facility

School of Medicine

Primary Department

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Additional Departments

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

PMID

30036497

DOI

10.1016/j.chest.2018.07.010

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