1321. CT Brain Prior to Lumbar Puncture in Patients with Suspected Meningitis: A Single Centre Study of Compliance with Expert Guidelines and Diagnostic Yield of Imaging.

BACKGROUND: Neuroimaging prior to lumbar puncture (LP) in suspected meningitis was once thought necessary to outrule raised intracranial pressure (ICP) which would risk brainstem herniation. However, the frequency of a lesion causing raised ICP is low and the risk of herniation post LP is minimal. T...

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Autores principales: Dempsey, Philip J, O’Herlihy, Fergus, Gibney, Brian Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10676826/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1160

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