Template:Lumbar puncture with coagulopathy
Lumbar puncture if coagulopathic
- Tranfuse if platelets <25,000[1][2]
- INR >1.5
- Hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, other coagulopathies
- If hemophiliac, replace factor before LP
- ↑ Howard SC, Gajjar A, Ribeiro RC, et al. Safety of lumbar puncture for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and thrombocytopenia. JAMA 2000; 284:2222–2224
- ↑ Vavricka SR, Walter RB, Irani S, Halter J, Schanz U. Safety of lumbar puncture for adults with acute leukemia and restrictive prophylactic platelet transfusion. Ann Hematol 2003; 82:570–573