1/ Welcome back #MedTwitter to Part 2 of #FocusPOCUS Guided LPs. Last time, we talked about the POCUS basics for LPs. Today, let’s lean into the actual procedure.
First, how do we prepare the patient?
First, how do we prepare the patient?
2/ Next, we need to orient our US transducer and identify the center of the #spinous process. Get comfortable using the transducer and identifying the correct orientation going from
transverse-->longitudinal
transverse-->longitudinal
3/ Next →
Identify the superior & inferior spinous processes
marking the space
Measure the distance of the #ligamentumflavum
Reply to our thread with questions or comments as they come up!
Identify the superior & inferior spinous processes
marking the space
Measure the distance of the #ligamentumflavum
Reply to our thread with questions or comments as they come up!
4/ X marks the spot. Now that you’ve marked the transverse and longitudinal axes, you’ve marked the site for needle entry.
This is the end of our #FocusPOCUS guided LP series. Shout out to author @nickmark and @PreeyaPatel for the graphics!
This is the end of our #FocusPOCUS guided LP series. Shout out to author @nickmark and @PreeyaPatel for the graphics!
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