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Lumbar Puncture Bleeding Risk

Discontinuing medications before lumbar puncture
 • Antiplatelets
 • Anticoagulants

#LP #Lumbar #Puncture #Bleeding #Risk
Lumbar Puncture ... medications before lumbar ... Anticoagulants #LP ... #Lumbar #Puncture
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
both reduce the number ... components of the algorithm ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics
Approach to Suspected Meningitis - Empiric Management Algorithm

 • Alarm Symptoms (FAILS)
 • Empiric Antibiotics
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Empiric Management Algorithm ... Obtain Head CT • Lumbar ... Management #diagnosis #Algorithm
Excellent overview of the emergency department approach to atraumatic sudden onset headaches- including proposed algorithm and
including proposed algorithm ... considerations for omitting LP ... petrosoniak #Headache #Algorithm
Hernia of the Superior Lumbar Triangle

"Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia" is a herniation of abdominal contents through the back,
of the Superior Lumbar ... through the superior lumbar ... abdominalwallhernias #Lumbar ... Grynfeltt #Lesshaft #clinical
Neurosyphilis - Treponema pallidum - Diagnosis Algorithm
Lumbar Puncture Indications:
 • Neuro / Ocular symptoms
 • HIV
pallidum - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lumbar Puncture ... Tertiary Syphilis LP ... pallidum #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Lumbar #puncture
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings
 • Pain in lumbar area and gluteal region: (Dull, insidious
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... findings • Pain in lumbar ... tuberosity • Decr Lumbar ... flexion, Decr Lumbar
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Get an LP and imaging ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... node biopsy • Clinical
PUNISH Mnemonic - Indications for Head CT before Lumbar Puncture (LP)

P - Papilledema
U - Unconsciousness
N -
Head CT before Lumbar ... Puncture (LP) ... Indications #HeadCT #Lumbar ... #Puncture #LP #