Clinical review of the clinical necessity of lumbar punctures performed on adults at National District Hospital Emergency Department

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have found that indications for lumbar punctures (LPs) are managed differently, which raises the question of whether all LPs performed are clinically necessary. This study aimed to determine whether unnecessary (clinically not indicated) LPs were being performed at a dis...

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Autores principales: Geldenhuys, Suné, Boltman, Cecil, Steinberg, Wilhelm J., Botes, Johan, van Rooyen, Cornel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2022
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36073103
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/safp.v64i1.5435

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36073103
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/safp.v64i1.5435

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