Neonatal Lumbar Punctures: Bridging the Clinical Gap

• Egile Nagusiak: Shawna Shafer (Egilea), Deborah Rooney (Egilea), Robert Schumacher (Egilea), Rachel Chapman (Egilea), Joseph House (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Abstract Lumbar puncture (LP) is a commonly performed procedure in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Lumbar punctures are performed for several indications, but perhaps the most important is to aid in the diagnosis of neonatal meningitis. This condition often presents in a nonspecific fashion...