Worth the risk? Contemporary indications, yield and complications of lumbar punctures in a metropolitan Australian health service

Background Performing lumbar punctures carries a risk of harm to the patient, but the information cerebrospinal fluid provides often makes this procedure necessary. Clinicians in the Australian setting would benefit from having more information on these procedures, in order to help them in a risk ve...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal medicine journal 2023-08, Vol.53 (8), p.1332-1338
Hauptverfasser:	Cody, Ross, Mohsenifard, Mahsa, Yip, Gary, Aldridge, Emogene, Bridge, Francesca, Datta, Mineesh, Guy, Stephen, Jordan, Peter, Kyndt, Chris, Newnham, Evan, Ng, Mark, Paul, Elizabeth, Roodenburg, Owen, Senanayake, Channa, Sparham, Sarah, Steele, Michelle, Dewey, Helen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cerebrospinal fluid Diagnostic tests Electronic medical records Encephalopathy Headache Health services lumbar puncture meningitis Neuroimaging
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