Ultrasound Guidance for Lumbar Puncture: A Consideration, Not an Obligation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Editorial

Tiffany C Fong et al. J Hosp Med. 2019.

. 2019 Oct 1;14(10):636-637.

doi: 10.12788/jhm.3259. Epub 2019 Jun 19.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

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Comment on

Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Lumbar Puncture: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Soni NJ, Franco-Sadud R, Kobaidze K, Schnobrich D, Salame G, Lenchus J, Kalidindi V, Mader MJ, Haro EK, Dancel R, Cho J, Grikis L; SHM Point-of-care Ultrasound Task Force; Lucas BP. Soni NJ, et al. J Hosp Med. 2019 Oct 1;14(10):591-601. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3197. Epub 2019 Jun 10. J Hosp Med. 2019. PMID: 31251163 Free PMC article.