Open AccessHow Do I Perform a Lumbar Puncture and Analyze the Results to Diagnose Bacterial Meningitis?
Author(s) -
Sharon E. Straus,
Kevin E. Thorpe,
Jayna Holroyd–Leduc
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.296.16.2012
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , lumbar puncture , meningitis , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis , adverse effect , relative risk , cochrane library , odds ratio , medline , diagnostic odds ratio , credible interval , absolute risk reduction , cerebrospinal fluid , surgery , political science , law
Diagnostic lumbar punctures (LPs), commonly used to rule out meningitis, are associated with adverse events.
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