Is Positioning During Lumbar Puncture Clinically Significant?

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Title Is Positioning During Lumbar Puncture Clinically Significant?
Creator Christian Joseph Lueck; Collin McClelland
Affiliation The Canberra Hospital (CJL), Garran, Australia; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences (CM), University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Abstract Diagnostic lumbar puncture (LP) is increasingly being performed by neuroradiologists, with variability in positioning during the measurement of opening pressure (OP). Two experts debate whether positioning during LP is clinically significant.
Subject Cerebrospinal Fluid / physiology; Humans; Intracranial Pressure / physiology; Lumbosacral Region / diagnostic imaging; Patient Positioning; Prone Position / physiology; Spinal Puncture / methods
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Date 2019-06
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, June 2019, Volume 39, Issue 2
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s6bk72v5
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1595871
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk72v5
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