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Is lumbar puncture necessary for evaluation of early neonatal sepsis?
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Is Lumbar Puncture necessary in the Evaluation of Early Neonatal Sepsis?Show More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the Archimedes review by Ray and Mangalore regarding the need for lumbar puncture in evaluating early neonatal sepsis. The conclusions of the review were that lumbar puncture was not necessary when there were only perinatal risk factors or a baby had “mild” symptoms of sepsis.
Our attention was brought to this review when we tried to reach an evidence based decision on...
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