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    • tankstaah
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    • lumbar puncture neuroradiology prion
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    • Forum: Radiology
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    Performing Interventions as an Intern

    I am an M4 in interview season. One of the practice questions I was asked was the following: You are on call and a patient needs a lumbar puncture. You have never done one on a patient. But you have practiced on simulation models and have seen attendings do LPs. The physician on call at home...
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    lumbar puncture halp from a pleading senior

    Kind of a last ditch effort here. I'm sort of out of ideas and youtube videos to watch. I suck at lumbar punctures. I've tried doing them laying left lateral decub, sitting up, etc. My success rate is 50% which I'm kind of embarrassed about. My issues: 1) I feel like I have trouble staying...
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    FAILS mnemonic for CT before LP

    I keep hearing this mnemonic mentioned "FAILS" for when to do a CT before LP, does anyone know what it stands for?
    • klala139
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    • ck prep ct scan lumbar puncture med student mnemonic neuro step 2 step 2 ck study
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    • Forum: Medical Students (MD)