Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Prospective Investigation of a Novel Ultrasound Assisted Lumbar Puncture Technique on Infants in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
The objective was to describe a novel ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture (UALP) technique and to compare it to standard lumbar puncture (SLP) technique in infants. ⋯ The UALP technique increases the rate of a successful LP in infants compared to standard technique.