PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Stefan Williams
AU  - Modar Khalil
AU  - Asoka Weerasinghe
AU  - Anu Sharma
AU  - Richard Davey
TI  - How to do it: bedside ultrasound to assist lumbar puncture
AID  - 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001463
DP  - 2017 Feb 01
TA  - Practical Neurology
PG  - 47--50
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
4099  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/17/1/47.short
4100  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/17/1/47.full
SO  - Pract Neurol2017 Feb 01; 17
AB  - For many neurologists, lumbar puncture is the only practical procedure that they undertake on a regular basis. Although anaesthetists and emergency physicians routinely employ ultrasound to assist lumbar puncture, neurologists do not. In this article, we outline the technique that we use for an ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture, together with the evidence base that suggests that ultrasound has significant benefits. We aim to raise awareness of a method that can make lumbar puncture more likely to succeed and to be more comfortable for the patient.