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
DOI
10.1016/j.chest.2018.07.010