dear neurologists,
i’m a boarded and fellowship trained pain/anesthesia doc. my practice is 50-50 anesthesia and pain
i work at a diagnostic center where i do pain injections and also inject dye for arthrograms, myelograms etc.
now one of the community neurologists has asked me to perform csf aspirate - need opening pressure, labs etc.
i’ve never done this.
i usually do the spinals in prone position under x ray guidance
my question is when a neurologist is asking for this, what are they typically looking for? and are there any kits i need to purchase?
and how do these things reimburse?
the neurologist tells me that he doesn’t want do it as it’s too labor intensive (likely for his setup without fluoro and in clinic) - what exactly does this entail?
do i need to see these patients prior to injecting for a clinic visit?
regards
i’m a boarded and fellowship trained pain/anesthesia doc. my practice is 50-50 anesthesia and pain
i work at a diagnostic center where i do pain injections and also inject dye for arthrograms, myelograms etc.
now one of the community neurologists has asked me to perform csf aspirate - need opening pressure, labs etc.
i’ve never done this.
i usually do the spinals in prone position under x ray guidance
my question is when a neurologist is asking for this, what are they typically looking for? and are there any kits i need to purchase?
and how do these things reimburse?
the neurologist tells me that he doesn’t want do it as it’s too labor intensive (likely for his setup without fluoro and in clinic) - what exactly does this entail?
do i need to see these patients prior to injecting for a clinic visit?
regards
