 Spinal Puncture
"Spinal Puncture" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Tapping fluid from the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region, usually between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.
| Descriptor ID |
D013129
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.998.054.790 E01.370.376.700 E02.800.779 E04.074.790 E04.665.700 E05.200.998.054.790
|
| Concept/Terms |
Spinal Puncture- Spinal Puncture
- Puncture, Spinal
- Punctures, Spinal
- Spinal Punctures
- Spinal Tap
- Spinal Taps
- Tap, Spinal
- Taps, Spinal
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumbar Punctures
- Puncture, Lumbar
- Punctures, Lumbar
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Spinal Puncture".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Spinal Puncture".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spinal Puncture" by people in this website by year, and whether "Spinal Puncture" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Spinal Puncture" by people in Profiles.
-
Meadow WL, Lantos J, Tanz RR, Mendez D, Unger R, Wallskog P. Ought 'standard care' be the 'standard of care'? A study of the time to administration of antibiotics in children with meningitis. Am J Dis Child. 1993 Jan; 147(1):40-4.
-
Portnoy JM, Olson LC. Normal cerebrospinal fluid values in children: another look. Pediatrics. 1985 Mar; 75(3):484-7.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|