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Under Utilization of local anesthetics in infant lumbar punctures

BACKGROUND: Lumbar Puncture (LP) is an invasive procedure frequently used to diagnose meningitis among the pediatric population. Neonates and infants have not routinely received local anesthesia prior to LP. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether emergency medicine physicians and pediatricians use lo...

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Autores principales: Gorchynski, Julie, Everett, Worth, Prebil, Linda
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561696