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So my pain management provider performed a spinal tap. I do not have any documentation that she used any kind of guidance. We are a health clinic. Here is what her note says:
PROCEDURES:
Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture: After recieving informed consent the
patient was prepped and draped in the right lateral decubitus position,
prepped with betadine and draped with a sterile fenestrated drape; 1%
lidocaine was infiltrated over L3-L4 interspace, #22g spinal needle was
uses after 3 attempts in the lateral decubitus position ; the patient
was set up mantaining sterile technique, using a 22g spinal needle 1st
attempt in the sitting position. Clear CSF was aspirated. four vials of
CSF collected. Samples sent for cell count, protein, Cl, oligiclonal
antibodies, C&S. The procedure was without complications.
I plan on asking her if she used any kind of guidance... but any help before I am able to talk to her would be helpful. She is in only once a week.
PROCEDURES:
Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture: After recieving informed consent the
patient was prepped and draped in the right lateral decubitus position,
prepped with betadine and draped with a sterile fenestrated drape; 1%
lidocaine was infiltrated over L3-L4 interspace, #22g spinal needle was
uses after 3 attempts in the lateral decubitus position ; the patient
was set up mantaining sterile technique, using a 22g spinal needle 1st
attempt in the sitting position. Clear CSF was aspirated. four vials of
CSF collected. Samples sent for cell count, protein, Cl, oligiclonal
antibodies, C&S. The procedure was without complications.
I plan on asking her if she used any kind of guidance... but any help before I am able to talk to her would be helpful. She is in only once a week.