When to do a lumbar puncture

F A I Riordan; A J Cant

doi:10.1136/adc.87.3.235

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When to do a lumbar puncture

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Oct 2002	0	235	65
Nov 2002	0	273	85
Dec 2002	0	146	52
Jan 2003	0	194	108
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Apr 2003	0	111	44
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Aug 2003	0	144	36
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Nov 2003	0	146	84
Dec 2003	0	114	42
Jan 2004	0	150	50
Feb 2004	0	165	76
Mar 2004	0	155	68
Apr 2004	0	85	45
May 2004	0	181	73
Jun 2004	1	142	64
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Aug 2004	17	225	48
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Oct 2004	64	170	85
Nov 2004	32	143	74
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Jan 2005	51	266	65
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Jan 2006	18	181	49
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Apr 2006	17	129	40
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May 2016	15	30	12
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Jul 2016	13	23	18
Aug 2016	9	25	13
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Oct 2016	16	32	12
Nov 2016	25	33	18
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Jan 2017	18	39	14
Feb 2017	13	44	15
Mar 2017	6	24	18
Apr 2017	6	75	8
May 2017	9	77	18
Jun 2017	13	62	11
Jul 2017	30	27	6
Aug 2017	26	15	3
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Oct 2017	98	86	66
Nov 2017	88	76	15
Dec 2017	60	56	4
Jan 2018	66	58	13
Feb 2018	68	50	17
Mar 2018	140	120	6
Apr 2018	133	126	7
May 2018	120	116	7
Jun 2018	109	95	11
Jul 2018	78	64	15
Aug 2018	73	65	24
Sep 2018	102	74	8
Oct 2018	145	139	22
Nov 2018	121	121	10
Dec 2018	171	159	21
Jan 2019	248	229	25
Feb 2019	160	158	12
Mar 2019	174	170	26
Apr 2019	230	230	19
May 2019	236	236	26
Jun 2019	166	166	8
Jul 2019	204	196	15
Aug 2019	154	136	13
Sep 2019	177	161	13
Oct 2019	176	158	14
Nov 2019	153	141	15
Dec 2019	146	138	10
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Feb 2020	170	158	14
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Apr 2020	136	126	8
May 2020	122	118	13
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Jul 2020	101	97	11
Aug 2020	109	107	22
Sep 2020	140	112	12
Oct 2020	140	123	14
Nov 2020	178	168	17
Dec 2020	148	133	15
Jan 2021	181	166	17
Feb 2021	231	229	18
Mar 2021	224	214	24
Apr 2021	139	123	23
May 2021	212	199	20
Jun 2021	145	150	13
Jul 2021	136	138	32
Aug 2021	206	214	29
Sep 2021	144	144	15
Oct 2021	186	179	34
Nov 2021	183	166	38
Dec 2021	131	121	18
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Feb 2022	144	145	13
Mar 2022	222	204	17
Apr 2022	180	159	22
May 2022	174	155	29
Jun 2022	202	159	20
Jul 2022	166	139	14
Aug 2022	156	145	11
Sep 2022	141	129	35
Oct 2022	163	149	20
Nov 2022	147	121	16
Dec 2022	297	275	17
Jan 2023	264	231	14
Feb 2023	206	185	25
Mar 2023	179	181	13
Apr 2023	216	177	33
May 2023	204	183	21
Jun 2023	199	171	26
Jul 2023	165	158	14
Aug 2023	119	109	11
Sep 2023	157	138	11
Oct 2023	166	167	13
Nov 2023	185	182	20
Dec 2023	224	38	3
Jan 2024	45	0	2
Feb 2024	53	1	4
Mar 2024	265	9	1
Total	17558	28807	7775

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