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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 ... antiplatelets #management
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 # ... Neurology #Management
Neurosyphilis - Treponema pallidum - Diagnosis Algorithm
Lumbar Puncture Indications:
 • Neuro / Ocular symptoms
 • HIV
Diagnosis Algorithm Lumbar ... Tertiary Syphilis LP ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Lumbar ... #puncture #management
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
managed without lumbar ... Diagnosis #EBM #Management ... StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
#Diagnosis #Management ... StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
both reduce the number ... #Diagnosis #Management ... StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Common Lumbar Root Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Radiculopathy #Lumbar #NerveRoot #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Reflexes #Table
Common Lumbar Root ... Radiculopathy #Lumbar
Syphilis serologies notes
#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#syphilis #RPR #treponemal #serologies #nontreponemal #VDRL #titers #CSF #LP
#titers #CSF #LP
Excellent overview of the emergency department approach to atraumatic sudden onset headaches- including proposed algorithm and
considerations for omitting LP ... SuddenOnset #Diagnosis #Management
Indications for Head CT before LP
 - Signs of Increased ICP (i.e. papilledema) 
 - History
Head CT before LP ... HeadCT #before #LP