TY - JOUR T1 - How to do it: bedside ultrasound to assist lumbar puncture JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 47 LP - 50 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001463 VL - 17 IS - 1 AU - Stefan Williams AU - Modar Khalil AU - Asoka Weerasinghe AU - Anu Sharma AU - Richard Davey Y1 - 2017/02/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/17/1/47.abstract N2 - 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. ER -