ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2002
When to do a lumbar puncture.
Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Use of platelet transfusions prior to lumbar punctures or epidural anaesthesia for the prevention of complications in people with thrombocytopenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Plasma transfusions prior to lumbar punctures and epidural catheters for people with abnormal coagulation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Use of platelet transfusions prior to lumbar punctures or epidural anaesthesia for the prevention of complications in people with thrombocytopenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Pain management strategies for lumbar puncture in infants ≤6 months: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
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- An improved clinical prediction rule for identifying neonatal bacterial meningitis: a multicenter cohort study.Translational pediatrics · 2021Article
- Towards accurate exclusion of neonatal bacterial meningitis: a feasibility study of a novel 16S rDNA PCR assay.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Aetiology and Outcomes of Suspected Infections of the Central Nervous System in Children in Mbarara, Uganda.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Use of platelet transfusions prior to lumbar punctures or epidural anaesthesia for the prevention of complications in people with thrombocytopenia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Article
- Cerebellar herniation after lumbar puncture in galactosemic newborn.AJP reports · 2011Article
- Emergency management of meningococcal disease: eight years on.Archives of disease in childhood · 2007Review
- A comparison of neonatal Gram-negative rod and Gram-positive cocci meningitis.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2006Article
- Meningitis is a common cause of convulsive status epilepticus with fever.Archives of disease in childhood · 2005Article
- Diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis.Archives of disease in childhood · 2003Review
- Treatment of meningococcal infection.Archives of disease in childhood · 2003Review
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