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Lumbar Puncture in Adults

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Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Banner Boswell Medical Center, Sun City, AZ, USA

    Kevin Tench MD

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, USA

    L. Connor Nickels MD, RDMS & Rohit Pravin Patel MD

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Correspondence to L. Connor Nickels MD, RDMS .

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  1. Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Director, SE Specialty Care Centers of Innovation, Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Latha Ganti

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Tench, K., Nickels, L.C., Patel, R.P. (2016). Lumbar Puncture in Adults. In: Ganti, L. (eds) Atlas of Emergency Medicine Procedures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2507-0_41

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