the role of lumbar puncture in children with suspected central nervous system infection腰椎穿刺的作用与疑似儿童中枢神经系统感染.pdfVIP

BMC Pediatrics BioMed Central BMC Pediatrics x 2002, 2 Research article The role of lumbar puncture in children with suspected central nervous system infection 1 2 1 Rachel Kneen , Tom Solomon* and Richard Appleton Address: 1The Roald Dahl EEG Unit, Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust, Alder Hey, Liverpool, L12 2AP, UK and 2Department of Neurological Science, University of Liverpool, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK and Department of Medical Microbiology and School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK E-mail: Rachel Kneen - rachel.kneen@; Tom Solomon* - tsolomon@liv.ac.uk; Richard Appleton - Richard.Appleton@RLCH- TR.NWEST.NHS.UK *Corresponding author Published: 2 September 2002 Received: 20 May 2002 Accepted: 2 September 2002 BMC Pediatrics 2002, 2:8 This article is available from: /1471-2431/2/8 © 2002 Kneen et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This article is published in Open Access: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the articles original URL. Abstract Background: The use of the lumbar puncture in the diagnosis of central nervous system infection in acutely ill children is controversial. Recommendations have been published but it is unclear whether they are being followed. Methods: The medical case notes of 415 acute medical admissions in a childrens hospital were