NCT00317382

Does Static Ultrasound-Preview Reduce the Incidence of Difficult Lumbar Puncture?

Does Static Ultrasound-Preview Reduce the Incidence of Traumatic and/or Difficult Lumbar Puncture? A Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Does the use of ultrasound facilitate a lumbar puncture by reducing the number of difficult and traumatic lumbar punctures?

Detailed description

This is a controlled trial randomizing lumbar puncture patients to groups utilizing ultrasound to preview the bony structures of the spine versus using standard palpation technique. The goal is to determine the helpfulness of ultrasound in performing lumbar punctures (to reduce difficult and traumatic lumbar punctures) among patients whose spines cannot be easily visualized.

Conditions

• Headache
• Meningitis
• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Ultrasound	Ultrasound used to visualize spine to determine best location for lumbar puncture.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-12-01
• Primary completion: 2005-10-01
• Completion: 2005-10-01
• First posted: 2006-04-24
• Last updated: 2015-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States