A comprehensive, bed-side scoring system to predict difficult lumbar puncture

Background and Aims: Spinal anesthesia (SA) is the most widely practiced neuraxial anesthesia. Lumbar puncture (LP) at multiple levels and multiple attempts due to any reason may cause discomfort and even serious complications. Hence the study was conducted to evaluate the patient variables that ca...

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Main Authors: Shobha Subramanian, B M Reshma, M Salim Iqbal, S S Harsoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2023;volume=39;issue=1;spage=38;epage=44;aulast=Subramanian