Clinical practice guideline on atraumatic (pencil-point) vs conventional needles for lumbar puncture: Endorsement by the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

doi:10.1111/aas.13312

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. 2019 Apr;63(4):438-439.

doi: 10.1111/aas.13312. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

Clinical practice guideline on atraumatic (pencil-point) vs conventional needles for lumbar puncture: Endorsement by the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Marius Rehn^{1

2

3}, Michelle S Chew⁴, Klaus T Olkkola⁵, Kristinn Ö Sverrison⁶, Arvi Yli-Hankala^{7

8}, Morten Hylander Møller⁹

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¹ Pre-Hospital Division, Air Ambulance Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
² The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medicine and Health, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
⁷ Department of Anaesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
⁹ Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 30656651
DOI: 10.1111/aas.13312

Review

Clinical practice guideline on atraumatic (pencil-point) vs conventional needles for lumbar puncture: Endorsement by the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Marius Rehn et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;63(4):438-439.

doi: 10.1111/aas.13312. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

Authors

Marius Rehn^{1

2

3}, Michelle S Chew⁴, Klaus T Olkkola⁵, Kristinn Ö Sverrison⁶, Arvi Yli-Hankala^{7

8}, Morten Hylander Møller⁹

Affiliations

¹ Pre-Hospital Division, Air Ambulance Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
² The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medicine and Health, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
⁷ Department of Anaesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
⁹ Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 30656651
DOI: 10.1111/aas.13312

Abstract

The Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Practice Committee endorses the BMJ Rapid Recommendation clinical practice guideline on atraumatic (pencil-point) vs conventional needles for lumbar puncture. This includes the strong recommendation for the use of atraumatic needles for lumbar puncture in all patients regardless of age or indication.

Keywords: AGREE II; lumbar puncture; post-lumbar puncture headache; practice guideline.

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