The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 15-18, January 2007

Utility of lumbar puncture in the afebrile vs. febrile elderly patient with altered mental status: a pilot study

  • Kaushal Shah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Kaushal Shah, md, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, 1111 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10025
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  • Kathleen Richard

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
    • ,
  • Jonathan A. Edlow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 7 July 2004; received in revised form 18 October 2005; accepted 30 May 2006.

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PII: S0736-4679(06)00637-8

doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.032

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 15-18, January 2007

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