Heinrich Quincke
German physician Heinrich Quincke (1842–1922) pioneered lumbar puncture and described Quincke’s pulse, oedema, triad, and more thus shaping modern clinical medicine
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Procedure: Lumbar Puncture
Emergency Procedure: Lumbar Puncture. This core skill is worth knowing inside out. You need the confidence to put the patient at ease and perform it well.
Procedure: Lumbar Puncture
Emergency Procedure: Lumbar Puncture. This core skill is worth knowing inside out. You need the confidence to put the patient at ease and perform it well.
Théodore Tuffier
Biographical Timeline Medical Eponyms Tuffier’s line (Jocoby’s line) A transverse line joining the highest points of both iliac crests (intercristal/supracristal line), used as a surface landmark to estimate lumbar level for lumbar puncture, spinal anaesthesia, and epidural placement. 1895 –…
Ultrasound for LP
Wendy Chang takes us through the use of ultrasound for lumbar puncture and how this should be used consistently, not just for difficult cases and field cases.
Nailing the paediatric Lumbar Puncture
Ahilan Parameswaran discuses the role of ultrasound in paediatric lumbar puncture.