How is the patient positioned during a lumbar puncture (LP)? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Howisthepatientpositionedduringalumbarpuncture(LP)?...Thepatientisplacedinthelateralrecumbentposition(seetheimagebelow)withthehips, ...

Author

Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, FACEP Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California; Chief Medical Information Officer, Keck Medicine of USC

Gil Z Shlamovitz, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians[1]

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Nirav R Shah, MD, MPH Senior Scholar, Stanford University School of Medicine

Nirav R Shah, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, New York Academy of Medicine, Society of General Internal Medicine[2][3][4]

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Helmi L Lutsep, MD Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine; Associate Director, ...